Family Dog

An unconscious teen A squirrelly aunt A missing rare coin Rylly Barr has been looking forward to Christmas Vacation but Thanksgiving is barely over when a fire puts one of Kohler’s best friends in the hospital in a coma. Rylly begins to panic when Kohler and his friend, Scott quit eating because they are so worried about CamiSue. Remembering some research she read about helping people in a coma, she meets with Nathan Mathews, CamiSue’s hunky, single doctor who agrees to let Kohler and Scott do homework with her in the hopes that they can help her come out of the coma. When someone ...

After searching for his purpose through several eventful lives, Buddy is sure that he has found and fulfilled it. Yet as he watches curious baby Clarity get into dangerous mischief, he is certain that this little girl is very much in need of a dog of her own. When Buddy is reborn, he realizes that he has a new destiny. He's overjoyed when he is adopted by Clarity, now a vibrant but troubled teenager. When they are suddenly separated, Buddy despairs - who will take care of his girl?

Adam March is a self-made “Master of the Universe.” He has it all: the beautiful wife, the high-powered job, the glittering circle of friends. But there is a price to be paid for all these trappings, and the pressure is mounting—until the day Adam makes a fatal mistake. His assistant leaves him a message with three words: your sister called.

Mavis Jeeter has never lived in one place long enough to have a real best friend. Mavis wants this home to be permanent - which means finding herself a best friend. Rose Tully doesn't quite fit in, and her closest friend is Mr. Duffy, but he hasn't been himself since his dog died. Henry has run away from home, but he craves kindness and comfort - and doesn't know where to look for them. When Mavis and Rose hatch a scheme to find Mr. Duffy a new dog, their lives and Henry's intersect - and they all come to find friendship in places they never expected.

He came to destroy my world. I’m about to flip the script on his. When corporate shark Grant Michaels walks into my bookstore with demolition permits and boardroom arrogance, he expects me to fold. Instead, I eviscerate him in front of my wine-fueled book club and declare war. Big mistake. I’ve built Dog-Eared & Dangerous from nothing—it’s not just my bookstore, it’s my community’s heart. And I’m not letting some devastatingly handsome suit tear it down for luxury condos. But Grant keeps returning with ridiculous excuses, and the electricity between us has nothing to do with ...

A light, cozy mystery series in a quaint Bavarian Christmas town with a fun loving, amateur female sleuth, her adorable rescue cocker spaniel, and enough garden gnomes to fill a museum. Book 1 - Deck the Santa Chloe Carson is excited for her long-awaited family reunion. But as they gather in a snow-clad village to plan their aging mother’s dream of opening a restaurant, the old lady’s habit of spreading garden gnomes around town leads to a panicked pilgrimage. And the mayhem continues when their visit to the nutcracker museum reveals Kris Kringle has come to an unmerry demise. With a ...

A cryptic clue. A missing professor. A town with more secrets than streetlamps. When small-town reporter Julia Wright receives an anonymous email about a decades-old scandal and the sudden disappearance of beloved but eccentric Professor Bing, she trades headlines for hidden clues. Known for her love of puzzles and her stubborn streak, Julia’s hardly the type to back down—even when the trail leads to her own family’s locked-away past. With her mischievous dog Cooper sniffing out trouble and a brooding detective who’d rather she stay out of it, Julia plunges into a world of cryptic ...

Laura Rodríguez Colón has a plan: no matter what the grown-ups say, she will live with her parents again. Can you blame her? It’s tough to make friends as the new kid at school. And while staying at her aunt’s house is okay, it just isn’t the same as being in her own space. So when Laura finds a puppy, it seems like fate. If she can train the puppy to become a therapy dog, then maybe she’ll be allowed to visit her parents. Maybe the dog will help them get better and things will finally go back to the way they should be.

Henry and his slobbering dog Mudge are visiting Great-Grandpa Bill, who lives in a house with lots of other grandpas. Henry likes the grandpas because they play checkers and rock in rocking chairs. Mudge likes them because they feed him mint candies. When Henry and Mudge leave the house to go exploring, they find a beautiful swimming pond. They come back to let everybody know, and soon all the grandpas want to go swimming. Henry's father says, "We'll have to go in our Skivvies."

Thrift shop til someone drops... The Vintage Vendetta When she receives a strange invitation to her aunt’s midnight funeral in the cozy Minnesota town of Pine Grove, Jessica Braun’s life is going nowhere. Her marriage is over, and her dead-end job has run out of road. Now she’s inheriting an old log house full of collected treasures and memories, and learns Aunt Daphne’s death was no accident. To make matters worse, Jess is the hopeless deputy’s prime suspect. After a second old-timer is silenced and a third may be in danger, she dives into her own investigation and the town’s ...

If you love sweet romances (PG-rating), look no further than Rachelle Ayala's Have a Hart series. The Harts are a family of San Francisco firefighters. Their family motto is: Heart comes first. Former fireman Larry Davison covers his burn scars well, by working at an elementary school as a custodian where he finds a lost hound dog behind the dumpster. Fashion designer Jenna Hart is in town to do a charity fashion show when she loses her top model, Little Treat. When Larry turns up with the puppy, she asks him to be in the show and bachelor auction. Larry’s not sure he belongs in a fashion...

Eleven-year-old Adam loved to travel throughout 13th-century England with his father, a wandering minstrel, and his dog, Nick. But when Nick is stolen and his father disappears, Adam suddenly finds himself alone.

Franky is a funny little red dachshund who lives in a cabin in the woods. He loves treats, but even more, he loves Gram and Gramps and his friends, Blackie the bear and Hen-rietta the turkey. Follow Franky on the fun (mis) adventures that he and his friends have had since The Great Cookie Caper and Other Stories as they learn about God, friendship, and love along the way.

There are important life lessons here, shared with wit and wisdom, by one of the country’s most respected and loved pioneering gay author, speaker, and mentor. Brian and Ray have been in love for 43 years. That love has endured some of the most challenging issues in life. Each time, with open communication, good humor, and loving kindness, their relationship endured. Brian McNaught, is an award-winning author of several books, including “On Being Gay,” “Gay Issues in the Workplace,” and “Sex Camp.” In response to his book, “Are You Guys Brothers?” Congressman Barney Frank ...

Clara’s decision to open her patisserie in Pinewood has her happily burning the candle at both ends to make her dream a reality. And an unlikely collaboration is healing for both parties. With Noelle at her side, she and her canine companion are settling into a new home and forming friendships. There’s even romance in the air. Back in Glenn Hills, however, her husband is stirring up trouble and doing everything he can to derail their divorce. Eager to move forward with her life—both professional and personal—as a single woman, Clara is at her wit’s end. Sometimes, however, fate ...

Dale J. Brown, PhD, will never forget the day his wife left him. Her declaration caught Brown off guard. Suddenly he was just a statistic: another divorced man. In the dark days that followed, Brown felt alone and bereft of meaning. Dale reached out to his good friend Ken, a psychotherapist. With Ken’s help—and insistence that Brown not be alone at this time—Brown found his intense agony abating. But he still had much grief to process. Brown is not alone. Men who are separated or divorced have a rate of suicide nearly 40 percent higher than that of married men, and even those who do ...

When Cara felt her teenaged children slipping away and saw an empty nest on the horizon, she decided the best way to fill that void was with dogs - lots of them - and so her foster journey began. In 2015, her Pennsylvania farm became a haven for Operation Paws for Homes. There were the nine puppies at once, which arrived with less than a day's notice; a heart-worm positive dog; a deeply traumatized stray pup from Iraq; and countless others who just needed a gentle touch and a warm place to sleep.

Award-winning author Helen Frost takes us into the breathtaking Alaskan winter landscape in this thrilling adventure with a touch of fantasy. Twelve-year-old Willow - whose heritage is both Athabascan Indian and European - wants nothing more than to mush the sled dogs to her grandparents’ home. After pressing her parents for some time, she is finally allowed to go alone. But when she commits a critical mistake, Willow wonders how she’ll ever make things right again.

One of the sharpest attorneys in Charleston, SC, Sally Baynard isn't your typical Southern belle. She's certainly not what her mother hoped she'd grow up to be, especially since she divorced her husband, family court judge Joe Baynard, and his historic family with their historic wealth and historic houses. Maybe Sally was never going to be a proper society lady, but her success as a public defender and family lawyer have been enough for her.

Sweets & Treats will soon open for business. Clara’s been working nonstop, but has never been happier. She and Noelle have settled into their new home and her romance with Kurt is thriving. Maisie isn’t dealing quite as well with change. As she struggles to find her purpose after selling the bakery, helping Kurt and then Ian in the kitchen point the way to a happy future. Just as life is looking its sunniest, a blizzard descends on Pinewood. When Noelle gets lost and Ian disappears trying to find her, Clara, Kurt, and Laura are thrown into chaos. Will a daring rescue bring new surprises...