Dog Handling: A Novel

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A hilarious and hip novel for every girl whos been desperate to find a way into her dream-mans heartand discovered that love is more finicky than a Chihuahua in a Prada handbag.

Yesterday, Liv Elliot had it all: a great flat in Londons Notting Hill, an actual career (okay, as an accountant), and a fianc with whom she was only weeks away from wedded bliss. Every girls dream, right But then Tim declared that the wedding was offleaving Liv shell-shocked. Luckily, shes got her best friends fab Australian beach house in which to recuperate.

The restorative powers of the Sydney sun, sand, and sea soon have Liv feeling wonderfully careless, wanton, and reckless. Things really couldnt get any more anti-accountant when she runs into old flame Ben Parker. Its been years since they fooled around on their summer vacation, but Liv never forgot that genetically-blessed face. Raring to help her land beautiful Ben, Livs friends teach her the Rules of Dog Handling: Treat a man like a dog, and hell be eating out of your hand. But surely this cant actually work Liv is about to find out that it canbut shes hardly prepared for the unexpected results.

Reviews

[A] red-hot read . . . sure to turn up the heat.
Cosmopolitan

[A] SPUNKY HEROINE . . . Amid the comedy, though, the novel has a quietly confident, smart-girl sensibility. . . . Yip, yip, hooray!
People

Comically wicked . . . Reminiscent of Bridget Joness Diary.
Publishers Weekly

Highly creative and wildly entertaining.
Romantic Times

Author Bio

Clare Naylor worked as an editorial assistant at a major publishing house. When her first novel, Love: A Users Guide, was bought for the movies, she left her job to write full-time. She is also the author of Catching Alice and The Goddess Rules. With Mimi Hare, she is the coauthor of The Second Assistant. She lives in England.