The Good Boy, Stella Hayward
The Good Boy, Stella Hayward
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The Good Boy
A Novel

Author: Stella Hayward

Narrator: Mary Jane Wells

Unabridged: 8 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Avon

Published: 07/08/2025


Synopsis

"Incredibly funny and utterly adorable." — Jenny Colgan, bestselling author 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…

About Stella Hayward

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

Goodreads review by Mira on May 31, 2025

The FMC accidentally turns her dog, Rory, into a human, but he doesn’t enjoy being human at all. So Genie starts looking for ways to turn him back before it’s too late. The first part of the book is more lighthearted, with plenty of funny moments, while the second half becomes more serious—focusing o......more

Goodreads review by mackenzie (hiatus) on November 25, 2024

just a silly, fun, cute little read. i don't really have a ton to say on it, but it was just a basic romcom where a ... dog turns into a man? it was so unserious and did make me cringe at some points, but it also had some deeper topics and touched on more serious subjects as well (check tw!). i didn......more

Goodreads review by MillennialMomReading on June 30, 2025

3.75 ⭐️The Good Boy by Stella Hayward has as zany of a plot as the blurb describes-Eugenia (Genie) accidentally wishes her dog into a man, and hijinks ensue while she works with her childhood friend to try to turn him back. Overall, this was a fun read although I wish I had read trigger warnings as......more

Goodreads review by Madison on July 17, 2025

The Good Boy by Stella Hayward Paranormal romantic comedy. Genie has heard her entire life that her grandmother is not only a medium but she also has magic. Genie is told she’ll get a wish at midnight but there are rules she has to follow. And most important, this wish is irreversible. Since it’s her......more

Goodreads review by Donna on January 27, 2025

Cute, funny and playful make this such a good book!......more