Allie Larkin’s debut novel came out last year in hardback with a lovely blue cover, but for the paperback release on July 26 2011, Stay has had a re-design and is now even cuter! I mean come on! A dog. In a box. Filled with Styrofoam. Are they trying to kill me with cute? I love a good doggy tale. I have two dogs and I love them to pieces. So I’ll definitely be pre-ordering this one next month!

Savannah “Van” Leone has been in love with Peter Clarke since their first day of college. Six years later, Peter is marrying Van’s best friend, Janie. Loyal to a fault, Van dons her pumpkin-orange, maid-of- honor gown and stands up for the couple, struggling to hide her true feelings even when she couldn’t be more conspicuous. After the wedding, nursing her broken heart with a Rin Tin Tin marathon plus a vodka chaser, Van accidentally orders a German Shepherd puppy over the Internet. When “Joe” turns out to be a hundred-pound beast who only responds to commands in Slovak, Van is at the end of her rope-until she realizes that sometimes life needs to get more complicated before it can get better.

Have you read Stay? Is it as awesome as the cover?

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