Puppy Love

Sometimes we just need to believe in love and things working out without conflict or drama. In this quartet of contemporary romance short stories from the Puppy Love collection, that's exactly what happens. Each story involves a puppy helping their person find love. And sometimes community, too.

Julia loves her golden retriever puppy, Maisey, even if the pup does wake her up way too early every morning. And she loves the time they spend at the dog park, especially after they meet Pete and his adorable labradoodle, Frodo. Not that there's any possibility there, of course. Pete's just a nice guy.

It’s the holiday season at Barks ‘n’ Books, and Amy has her hands full juggling shoppers and their canine companions. The last thing on her mind is finding Mr. Right, but when an adorable Husky puppy named Princess barrels into her with a Great Dane in fast pursuit, Amy finds herself bowled over in more ways than one. Puppy Love Holiday Surprise is a sweet short story sure to put you in the holiday mood.

Each Wednesday morning they take the bus--the lonely graduate student, the marine trying to start a new life in the corporate world, the elderly woman on her way to the senior center, and the exhausted single mother and her daughter--but they never interact. Not until the day tragedy strikes and brings these five strangers together.

Sometimes Thanksgiving doesn't go the way you want it to. When Katie's entire family cancels on her she finds a way to still share good food with good company and maybe make a love match or two in the process.