From bestselling author Jackie Bouchard comes a heartwarming story of loss, love, and finding hope in unexpected places.
If you lost both your husband and your dog within weeks of each other but were more devastated by the loss of the dog, would you tell anyone? Maybe your closest friends…Unfortunately, introvert Jane Bailey hasn’t made many friends in Philadelphia.
So when her aunt and uncle ask her to come to Prescott, Arizona, to help at their B&B, Jane packs up and makes the move. On her way, she finds a scared stray at a rest stop. But Jane can’t bear the thought of ever loving and losing another dog. She’s determined not to let the mutt steal her heart. She’s also determined to have next to no interaction with the B&B’s demanding guests and its annoying (yet handsome) handyman. As the dog works her charm, soon Jane must admit that just as much as she rescued the dog, the dog has rescued her.
Revised edition: This edition of Rescue Me, Maybe includes editorial revisions.
This was such a cute read! I sold at the word DOG. Which is a very common occurrence for me. Dogs are just the best, and though it was sad to read that Jane had lost her dog, it was awesome to see Maybe in her life, whom Jane rescued when she was on her way to her aunt's B&B. Although I preferred when Maybe was called Penny, because it was actually a bit symbolic to a scene in the book.
This was a sweet, simple read. Kinda sad (okay, a lot sad) and I could sort of see where Jane was coming from wherein when her husband and dog die within weeks of each other, she was sadder about the dog. Now I get sad when humans pass away, we all do, but it guts me when I hear of a pet passing away. I've had that happen, a few years ago now, and it was awful. The worst thing ever. Not that I'm saying a human passing away also isn't the worst thing ever, but hearing about a human who I didn't know passing away and a dog I didn't know passing away, the dog hurts more, for reasons I can't really explain. Perhaps I'm just not wired correctly.
I love when books show the main character changing as the novel wears on. At first, Jane is completely resistant to staying at her aunt and uncle's B&B and helping out while her aunt has an operation, so it was nice to see the B&B grow on Jane, and show her there's more to life than San Diego and working in a cubbie.
It was a good read, a way to while away a lazy Saturday afternoon. There wasn't much romance, which was a shame, but after what Jane goes through you can hardly expect her to be ready to love again (with a human at least).
