BOOK REVIEW: The Dog Walker by Leslie Schnur

Last time I was in New York, the tour guide mentioned that dog walkers can earn up to $125,000 per year. Since that was considerably (considerably) more than I was earning at the time and since I would rather have been picking up doggie "messages" than doing the job I was actually doing, I was a bit put out. So when I saw this book endorsed by no less than Jennifer Weiner, I had to buy it.

Nina Shepard is a dog walker by day and a sculptor of found objects by night. She's not rich, but she does have an apartment with a terrace and a dog she loves. She is also in love with Daniel before she even meets him. He's the owner of one of her canine charges and each day when she lets herself in to his apartment to collect his dog, she lingers. And snoops. When they do meet she's not disappointed, but Daniel isn't quite who (or what) he appears, but then neither's Nina - she's only covering the dog-walking for a friend after being sacked from her much flashier job in publishing. So how can Nina and Daniel really fall in love when neither is who they seem?

I absolutely loved this book. Leslie Schnur writes about New York (and dogs) beautifully and I totally believed in Nina and Daniel from the beginning. The kind of book that makes you feel warm inside. (And makes you want to go to New York. Again.)

If you like this, try Pug Hill and Anyone But You

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