Dogs and Goddesses

By: Jennifer Crusie, Anne Stuart, Lani Diane Rich

Narrated by: Renée Raudman

Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

Abby has just arrived in Summerville, Ohio, with her placid Newfoundland, Bowser. She's reluctantly inherited her grandmother's coffee shop, but it's not long before she's brewing up trouble in the form of magical baked goods and steaming up her life with an exasperating college professor.

And then there's Daisy, a Web code writer, and her hyperactive Jack Russell, Bailey. Her tightly wound world spins out of control when she discovers the chaos within and meets a mysterious dog trainer whose teaching style is definitely hands-on.

Finally there's Shar, professor of ancient history at Summerville College, who wakes up one morning to find her neurotic dachshund, Wolfie, snarling at an implacable god sitting at her kitchen table, the first thing in her life she hasn't been able to footnote.

What on earth is going on in this unearthly little town? It's up to Abby, Daisy, and Shar to find out before an ancient goddess takes over southern Ohio, and they all end up in the apocalyptic doghouse...

©2009 Jennifer Crusie (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

Stuart is a consummate mistress of her craft." ( Romantic Times)
"Crusie is a master of fast-paced witty dialogue." ( Seattle Times)

absolutely wonderful

I laughed thru the whole thing. The characters were really wonderful and interesting and funny. The narration was really done well.

Escape reading

Okay, it's not great literature, but sometimes you want burgers and fries instead of haute cuisine. I'm a big dog fan so I couldn't resist a romance novel where each of the 4 heroines comes with her own canine companion.

love it

loved this book when I read it and even more when I listened to it. thanks

Dog Lovers - must read

Where does Dogs and Goddesses rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I really liked this book. I saw comments that paranormal should be avoided but it was really a fun and light hearted book

Which character – as performed by Renée Raudman – was your favorite?

Wolfie

Great Fun!

I loved this book! Fun and breezy with great romances and talking dogs. The dogs' comments are hilarious! Perfect summer listening by one of my favorite readers and some of my favorite authors.

was this really J. Crusies story?

while idea was interesting, there were too many characters ... in beginning it was hard to follow who is who and what is what... writing style was like someone in middle school has written it all - "and then he said"," she said" he said , she said... was pretty annoying . after other this authors books I would want to say it has been a ghost writer who just put it all together...

Painfully Disappointing - Not Worth the Credit

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

Ugh...This book was a real disappointment. I was expecting something fun and light-hearted, but I just couldn't stomach this, and quit after making myself get through the first 5 chapters, hoping it would get better.
Sorry! Definitely not worth the credit.

BAD TO THE DOG BONE

It has been along time since I have had to stop listening to a book,but I had to on this one. The story line was so off the wall it was bizarre. If ever I could request a refund I would.

Dogs and Goddesses

I was a complete Jennifer Crusie fan until she moved from beautiful prose and entertaining humor to this silly romance genre. This one is particularly stupid!

unimpressive

This was a shallow and unimpressive work with very little to recommend it. There was not enough substance to it to make me want to finish listening to it. I did try, I returned to it to try to continue listening but again it's lack of continuity and plot made it not worth the effort it took for me to continue with it.