| For Nina Askew, turning forty means freedom – from the ex-husband whose career always came first, from their stuffy suburban home. Freedom to have her own apartment in the city, freedom to focus on what she wants for a change. And what she wants is something her ex always vetoed – a puppy. A bouncy puppy to cheer her up. Instead she gets…Fred.
Overweight, smelly and obviously suffering from some kind of doggy depression, Fred is light-years from perky. But for all his faults, he does manage to put Nina face-to-face with Alex Moore, her gorgeous, younger downstairs neighbor.
Alex looks great on paper – a sexy, seemingly sane, surprisingly single E.R. doctor who shares Fred’s abiding love for Oreos – but a ten-year difference in age, despite his devastating smile, is too wide a gap for Nina to handle. Ignoring her insistent best friend, some interfering do-gooders and the ubiquitous Fred – not to mention her suddenly raging hormones – Nina thinks anyone but Alex would be a better bet for a relationship. But with every silver-haired stiff she dates, the more she suspects it’s the young dog-loving doctor she wants to sit and stay! |
Reader's Reviews
Average Reader Review:    [Based on 3 reviews]
Anyone But You Anonymous Posting on May 19 2008
The story line was just o.k. I didn‘t like a lot of the charactors so it
was hard for me to get into the book. The narrator did her best to
bring the book along. Not one I will "read" again anytime soon.
 Author Has Improved ALOT since this book!!
by Karen on September 04 2007
This book was cute, I always like books with dogs
in them. Fred was pretty good, at least he didn‘t
have horrible gas like most dogs in books! I
didn‘t think it was right that they kept feeding
him Oreos, chocolate is really bad for dogs,
which was mentioned and then forgotten. I was
pleased that Nina didn‘t want a family and hadn‘t
changed her mind by the end of the book even
though Alex was younger and more likely to want a
child. There were a few issues such as Alex‘s
father‘s alcoholisim that were treated very
cavalierly. For a cardiac surgeon to be a drunk
isn‘t particularly amusing, though they mention
he doesn‘t drink at work. The other thing I
didn‘t like was that the girlfriend wrote a book
in a few weeks, as if it were simple once you sat
down and did it. I think Ms. Crusie insulted her
fellow authors with that storyline. The narrator,
Susan Ericksen is excellent. I always like to
listen to her books. The change in her voice
makes it really easy to tell who is talking, not
every narrator makes them so distinct. Jennifer
Crusie‘s subsequent books are much better,this
was written in 1996, but is a fun, breezy read.
anyone but you
by Deanna on August 22 2007
much enjoyed
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