Animals

Love, Loyalty, and Leashes is not a training manual. It’s not a guide to raising the perfect dog. It’s a collection of quiet, deeply human stories about what happens when dogs enter our lives and rearrange them in ways we never planned. Inside, you’ll meet a contractor who inherits a nine-pound Chihuahua he didn’t ask for. A group of early-morning dog walkers who become something more than strangers. A woman who prepares for the perfect puppy and ends up with the wrong dog—the right one. A man who almost doesn’t stop on the side of the highway…

What makes you purr? Of all the questions in the world, this is the most important. It is also the great leveler. Because no matter whether you are a playful kitten or a sedentary senior, a scrawny alley Tom or a sleek-coated uptown girl, whatever your circumstances, you just want to be happy...

Three women. One dog park. Things are about to get messy. Val Caruso, Alex Reed, and June Kennerson come from completely different worlds—Val is a tough-talking private investigator; Alex is reticent, nervous and on the run from her past; and June is an athlete turned housewife whose true love...

When 16-year-old Kim loses her mother to a sudden illness, the world she once knew collapses. Silent, withdrawn, and drowning in sorrow, she shuts everyone out—especially her well-meaning father, Tom. Desperate to help her heal, he makes a bold decision to send her to Willow Creek Farm, a quiet sanctuary nestled in rolling hills where horses don’t just run—they listen.

In Herr und Hund erzählt Thomas Mann mit feinem Humor und großer Zuneigung von der Beziehung zwischen einem Schriftsteller und seinem Hund Bauschan. In scheinbar beiläufigen Beobachtungen des gemeinsamen Alltags entfaltet sich ein liebevolles Porträt von Treue, Eigenwilligkeit und stiller Verbundenheit. Die Erzählung verbindet Naturerlebnis, Selbstreflexion und leise Ironie zu einem warmen, menschlichen Blick auf das Leben.

From the award-winning author of The Wonder Garden comes a set of linked stories spotlighting human-animal relations—and revealing the tensions that threaten to fracture a suburban New England community. Tensions simmer in small-town Connecticut. A city transplant is haunted by the deer...

Police officers fight for justice with the help of their brave K-9 partners in the True Blue K-9 Unit series. After K-9 unit administrative assistant Sophie Walters spots a suspicious stranger lurking at the K-9 graduation, the man kidnaps her—and she barely escapes. With Sophie’s boss...

Dog trainer and search and rescue specialist Raine Stockton is trying to rebuild her life after a year she’d rather forget—one that included false arrest, public scrutiny, and more heartbreak than any small town should dish out. With her golden retriever partner Cisco by her side, Raine hopes the new year will finally bring peace. It doesn’t. When a frightened woman disappears, a battered dog is found abandoned, and a powerful outsider begins buying up land around the county, Raine is drawn into a case that hits far too close to home.

A contemporary dystopian elegy narrated by a cat imprisoned in a Schrödinger’s box, by the prizing-winning poet and memoirist whose writing "cuts to the core with electrifying force" (The Free-Lance Star). “Cat Love is more charming than seems humanly possible, which works out because it is...

For readers of Shark Heart and Hollow Kingdom, a funny, magical, and tender novel following a lonely, conflict-averse man whose sudden ability to understand animals sends him on a wild romp around NYC, and ultimately helps him discover his own voice. Strolling through Central Park on a blind...

Ellie Anderson has given up on love. Her philosophy is "Why let someone in when all they do is leave?" So instead, she fills her life with work and dodges her sister's matchmaking. Then she meets Charlie—a gorgeous, brown-eyed Border Terrier. Charlie is in need of love and a home, prompting...

An innocent witness taken… A K-9 in hot pursuit. Dispatched with her K-9 partner, Shadow, to locate an abducted boy, Constable Taylor Grant finds herself ambushed in the wilderness along with Wyatt Hoyt, the child’s father. As Taylor and Wyatt relentlessly pursue the kidnappers and follow...

Nede ved floden er Phoebe Featherstone på vej til at gøre en opdagelse, der vil forandre hendes liv. Kloge, nysgerrige Phoebe er ikke i stand til at bevæge sig ret meget ud, men hun har en særlig evne til at afsløre sine naboers hemmeligheder ved at undersøge de forsendelser, som pakkebuddet Al, hendes far, bringer ud. Da de opdager en forladt babyodder på flodbredden, må Phoebe lade sit trygge liv bag sig – og hun oplever en uventet følelse af glæde, som hun ikke har mærket i meget lang tid. Phoebe indser snart, at der er noget galt på det lokale odderinternat.

In 1966, Katherine Ogle, a determined yet struggling single mother and aspiring writer, uproots her family to the remote ranching town of Langlois, Oregon, hoping for a fresh start. But for her middle son, Sammy, the move marks the beginning of a far more complicated journey. Awkward, sensitive, and often misunderstood, Sammy finds himself isolated in a new environment where he faces bullying, self-doubt, and the constant pressure to prove his worth.

"Marina Mews delivers the charm and sleuthing spirit of Miranda James's Cat in the Stacks Mysteries, with a coastal twist, a six-toed cat, and a determined amateur detective who won't stop digging for the truth." -Cam Torrens, bestselling author of the Tyler Zahn mystery/suspense series When veterinarian Dr. Emily Benton takes Elvis, the terrier, for an early morning beach walk, she stumbles upon a lifeless diver washed ashore. The victim is William "Billy" Todd, beloved local marina owner and Emily's former scuba diving instructor.