When it Pours: A Bad Dog/McGuire Brothers Novella

Lili Valente

Sep 2023 · Self Taught Ninja

About this ebook

Truth or Dare: Tell the One-Who-Got-Away that you're still madly in love with him OR spend the night trapped with him in a hunting lodge that's about to be swept downstream?

Ha! Trick Question. I get to do BOTH! Because when it rains, it pours.

First, I call Theo McGuire to tell him that I've always loved him and I always will--at least for the next few hours until Pippa Jane the Pig and I are swallowed by the floodwaters. Then, I open the second story window when Theo comes knocking in his kayak, in a likely doomed attempt to save us.

Soon, we're trapped in the cabin where we had our first time fifteen years ago and all I can think about is how much I wish I could turn back the clock. If I could, I'd never let this fiercely kind and sexy-as-hell man go. 

Since this could be The End, we agree to make our last night a night to remember.

But what happens when morning dawns, we're both still breathing, and I can't bear to think of a life without my favorite McGuire?

Ratings and reviews

When It Pours was cute, sweetly emotional, second chance novella set in the Bad Dog world. Theo and Macy were adorable. I loved how open and honest they were with each other and how they fought to find to be together and make things work. Their banter and chemistry was easy and fun and full of emotions. Pippa made me laugh out loud more than once and was so weirdly delightful. When It Pours was full of heart and humor and was a fun, easy read that will have you rooting for Theo and Macy.

I really enjoyed Macy and Theo’s second chance, first love, forced proximity, coming home novella with a side of natural disaster. Trying to restart your HEA in the middle of a natural disaster and courting potential death may seem like an odd choice but life works like that sometimes - chaotic and messy, painful and wonderful all at the same time. Despite being short, the story was well written and included witty dialogue, three dimensional characters, and an engaging storyline.

This second chance novella was a wild ride! The drama was intense, and made all the more poignant when you realize how it compares to all that the author has been through lately. Macy and Theo (and Pippa Jane) were extremely likable characters. The romance between them moved quickly, but didn’t feel rushed. I just loved their dynamic. And the unconventional ending had me grinning like a loon.