A must read: “I Dare You to Love Me” by Lori G. Matthews

I truly do not know how she does it, but Lori G. Matthews must be a mind reader. The dialogue in her most recent book may have appeared in thought balloons above the heads of people she knows or to whom she’s been adjacent. It is that good!

Cat people and dog people may sometimes feel like Hatfields and McCoys — warring factions in which each is so abso-LUTE-ly certain they are right that there’s hardly room for anything else. Enter Dani and Kara. Dani is engaged to Will, both are doctors and they’ve been best friends for years. And one should marry one’s bestie, right?

Both of their parents are all in on the relationship so what could be bad? Both are young doctors whose work requirements have their hours in opposition. Then Will brings home a dog.

Dani’s cat ,Jinx, one of her other besties, is having little part of the goofy interloper, Oliver, who is a rescue with extremely bad manners. When Kara, who owns an obedience school and doggy daycare, comes to wrangle the rascal, sparks fly between her and Dani like those pinwheel toys we had as children.

And Kara and Dani act like children as they try to sort out their bone-deep feelings for each other.

There are friends galore whose favorite topic is the nascent romance between these two amazing women. The added angst of the Will-he or Will-he-not be marrying makes the sauce more piquant. Further, the antics of this friend group, which mirrors many of my friends and maybe yours too, is absurdly good fun. Belly laughs and saucy moments make this a glorious read for the beach, the mountains, or your commute. Just make it your commute home to avoid concentration issues at work.

Available in print and as an audio book, get I Dare You to Love Me to find out who dares whom, and who will prevail.

I Dare You To Love Me, by Lori G. Matthews © 2024, Bella Books