The Good Boy

Stella Hayward

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Miscellaneous
08 July 2025

""Incredibly funny and utterly adorable."" -- Jenny Colgan

In this whimsical romance for fans of Ashley Poston and Erin Sterling, a woman confronts her past and her unresolved feelings for the boy next door as they work together to reverse a wish gone awry.

On the eve of Genie's thirtieth birthday, her grandmother gives her an unexpected gift: a wish at midnight. Genie, forever the family skeptic, laughs it off and, after an evening fending off invasive questions about her nonexistent love life, returns home to her empty house and her golden retriever, Rory. Who needs a boyfriend when she has a loyal friend like Rory? As she hugs him and gets ready for bed, she wishes to herself that he were human... at least then their conversations wouldn't be so one-sided.

She really should've listened to her grandmother.

To her surprise, Rory is now a human with big Golden Retriever Energy--like a goofy, adoring Hemsworth. But he doesn't like being a human. He doesn't like wearing clothes or human manners, and he most definitely can't manage a human job.

Genie needs to turn him back before it's too late and enlists her oldest friend and boy next door, Miles, to help. Their quest brings them closer than they've ever been--and maybe, just maybe, her messed up wish is the key to granting her heart's desire after all...

By: Stella Hayward
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 295g
ISBN: 9780063416888
ISBN 10: 0063416883
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 08 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Stella Hayward is a pseudonym for Rowan Coleman, the internationally bestselling and award-winning author and screenwriter of sixteen novels, including The Memory Book, The Summer of Impossible Things, and The Girl at the Window. A lifelong Bronte fan, under the Bronte inspired pen name Bella Ellis, Rowan also writes the Bronte Mysteries--a carefully researched series of novels that imagine that before they were famous the Bronte Sisters were amateur detectives.

Reviews for The Good Boy

""This magical, slow-burn romance from Hayward (We Are All Made of Stars as Rowan Coleman) is filled with humor, witty banter, and quirky characters."" -- Library Journal ""A gorgeous tale! Witty and wise... For everyone who wants the man in their life to 'be more dog', Stella Hayward has written an unforgettable story. I adored it."" -- Poppy Alexander, author of THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKSHOPS