Inspirational Fiction Dog

What if Mr. Darcy’s dog recognized Elizabeth Bennet’s worth… before his master could admit his own heart? When Elizabeth Bennet arrives at Hunsford Parsonage, she expects three tedious weeks of Mr. Collins’s pomposity and Lady Catherine’s condescension. She does not expect to be claimed—immediately, dramatically, and in front of everyone—by an enormous Irish wolfhound who belongs to the last man in England she wishes to see. Caractacus has never shown interest in any woman. Until Elizabeth. Now the great grey beast follows her everywhere: pressing against her skirts at dinner,...

🧵 Murder, Mayhem, and a Castle Full of Secrets—This Retreat Could Be Their Last Quilt shop owner Alex Allin expected a tranquil escape at Blair Castle’s Scottish quilting retreat—until the famed but foul-tempered instructor is found dead inside the locked sewing salon. No way in. No way out. Someone came armed—with more than just scissors. The clues? A centuries-old quilt, a cryptic symbol, a missing heirloom—and the haunting tale of Moira MacNairn, an accused witch whose final secrets are stitched into the castle walls themselves. Trapped by a storm, Alex leans on her loyal ...

In the spirit of Amor Towles and George Saunders, the renowned, bestselling Norwegian author Frode Grytten takes readers on a quietly epic journey: ferry driver Nils Vik’s last route along the fjord, on what he knows will be his last day alive. Nils Vik wakes up on November the 18th and knows...

The kids finally flew the coop. So why does the nest feel so complicated? Dave and Lisa Morrison spent twenty-three years raising kids, shuttling to soccer practice, negotiating about vegetables, and trying to keep tiny humans alive. Then one Tuesday in August, their daughter drives off to college, and suddenly... silence. No more doors slamming. No more music leaking from bedrooms. No more arguments about whose turn it is to unload the dishwasher. Just Dave and Lisa, staring at each other like awkward teenagers on a first date, wondering: Now what? In this laugh-out-loud honest novel about...

Sometimes the future doesn’t arrive with a map. For Calvin, watching his best friend Sky take flight toward her dream sparks a quiet question he can’t ignore: What will my own path look like? Known around Maplewood for solving small mysteries with his loyal beagle, Pudge, Calvin begins to sense that curiosity alone won’t guide him forever. When an unexpected opportunity draws him from familiar streets to open water, Calvin steps into a world where patience matters more than speed, listening matters more than confidence, and the horizon is never a finish line—but an invitation. ...

Cats and Dogs and Mail Order Brides … It’s a recipe for delightful chaos! in one boxed set! You'll get FOUR full novels, Meet Jessica, Dawn, Georgia, and Mary, four women bravely venturing west to chase their dreams. Along the way, they’ll find true love—and more than a few furry critters that will steal your heart as much as the ladies’ handsome suitors! in sweet western romance boxed set. Read all the books in Love Me Love My Dog Western Romance Series bestselling authors, Katie Wyatt with Kat Carson Book 1 Jessica's Teacher: Michael Bradford is enamored by his fiancée Jessica....

Chock full of hilarious antics and doxie wisdom, Sarge the dachshund (a real chow hound) relates his life from adoption at eight weeks of age until he "retires" from writing with Book 5. Dog lovers of all ages love this insight from the family dog, and he pulls no punches in sharing exactly how he feels about humans and life in his "circus," a.k.a. his human family. Those strong doxie traits of loyalty, love, comedy, stubbornness, and unconditional love are prevalent throughout Sarge's tales of both joy and disappointment, but he rises to all occasions with savvy and keen doxie perception. ...

One chance . . . one glance . . . and their lives will never be the same. With a heart for lifting men out of homelessness, Carl Anderson is a dedicated counselor-in-residence in a transitional home. When recent setbacks threaten the program’s continuation, he proposes an innovative plan to increase success by pairing at-risk residents with shelter dogs. One glance from Carl’s stunning new supervisor, and he’s convinced his proposal doesn’t stand a chance. Rae Caldwell admires Carl's passion, but for her, every canine encounter is a heart-rending reminder of her late daughter’s ...

Former CIA Agent Kate Reagan finds herself in the middle of a storm that has disrupted her life for six years. When Kate’s entire team was killed by the terrorist they’d been chasing for months, Kate finds the only way to save her life is to pretend to lose it. After moving dozens of times through the years, Kate ends up in the small mountain town of Soaring Eagle, Wyoming where everything about the place screams of the home she’s been longing for. Running into Deputy Sheriff Brady Connors, Kate finds herself attracted to the handsome frontier lawman right away, but having a future is...

Jane Barrow thought she'd left the mysteries behind. She was wrong. Between planning her wedding to Mike, running her cleaning business, and keeping up with her two kids, Jane has her hands full. The last thing she needs is another cold case pulling her back into the shadows of Alma's forgotten past. But when a stranger named Hazel calls late one night, desperate for answers about her brother who vanished forty years ago, Jane can't turn away. The trail leads back to the Wheeler house—the same eerie Victorian where Jane discovered disturbing Polaroids of missing children hidden behind the...

Jane Barrow thought she was just cleaning houses and raising her kids in small-town Alma, Kansas. But when a routine job at the Whitcomb family reunion takes a deadly turn, she finds herself caught in a web of lies that stretches back decades. When Vanessa Whitcomb takes a mysterious tumble down the stairs, the police are quick to call it an accident. But Jane discovers a hidden notebook filled with cryptic observations about the family's darkest secrets—and she's convinced someone pushed Ness to keep her quiet. As Jane digs deeper into the Whitcombs' tangled history, she realizes that ...

Sparks fly between opposites in this riveting romantic suspense! When a small-town business owner becomes a target again, she encounters an unusual ally who has his own secret agenda. Will they find love amid danger? Life as the sister of a serial killer is never easy, especially when former runaway Mari Del Lobo becomes a target herself. A recent crime has her late brother's signature and MO, which Mari finds highly unusual, as she still blames herself for her only sibling's death. Soon Mari encounters an unexpected — and a very attractive — ally in Dr. Luke Goodman. Luke couldn't save...

Jane Barrow thought cleaning the old Wheeler house would be just another job—until contractor Brent discovers a metal box hidden in the wall containing decades-old Polaroid photographs of children. Each haunting image shows a different child posed against the same rose-patterned wallpaper, their names faded and crossed out in mysterious handwriting. When Jane begins investigating the photos, she uncovers the tragic story of Pearl Wheeler, a reclusive woman whose life was shattered by accusations decades ago. But as Jane digs deeper into Alma's buried secrets, strange things start ...

“This is the hopeful book we all need right now. I loved it!”—Emily Giffin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lies That Bind As Seen on the TODAY SHOW A Southern Living Best Beach Read * A PopSugar Best Book of May * An Us Weekly Summer Beach Staple * A Frolic Under-the-Radar...

When Jane's husband left her and their children for greener pastures, she had no choice but to take as many housecleaning jobs as she could get to support them. Little did she know that during one of those jobs she would discover that a valuable ring her client owned had been stolen. Even more unexpected is when her client asks her to investigate the theft and find out who stole the ring. Jane soon discovers she has a knack for solving crimes as well as locating a treasure that has been missing for over a hundred years. When she looked at a long-lost map that a treasure seeker had ...

When a greedy moocher steals her life, can a good dog take it back? Maddie, the German Shepherd, lives for her puppies and her human, Jones. Doting on them fills her heart. When bad luck puts Jones away and locks Maddie up, she’d stop at nothing to save him. But she finds true love, and she's torn. Will she forgo her freedom to save Jones, or will he die all alone? MOM, a dog story, is the prequel to Becoming K-9 and the first book in Rada Jones’s Amazing Dog Stories. If you love tales of dogs, adventure, and undaunted courage, this story is for you. Buy MOM today to read into a good ...

Inspired by TRUE Events! - In a historical with romance, action-adventure, family, foreign and national intrigue between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, all kinds of exciting things...Through blizzards, gale-force winds, temperatures falling below -80, and over 700 miles of death-dealing terrain, teams of brave men and courageous and smart dogs of in dominatable fighting spirit, mush sleds across the Alaska wilderness, in an around the clock relay, race with lifesaving serum for 11,000 plague-ravaged people inaccessible by everything, but death and their determined rescuers, warring with the...

Welcome aboard the Hankyu Line train! Come along on a heartwarming, funny, and perfectly cozy voyage with the charming and relatable passengers—including one dashing dachshund—whose lives intersect and affect each other on one of Japan’s most romantic railway lines from international...

In the latest thrilling installment of the Clean Sweeps Cozy Mystery Series, Jane finds herself entangled in a web of luxury, deceit, and danger. Known for her keen ability to unravel the most confounding mysteries, Jane is approached by a high-society socialite to solve a case that’s as scandalous as it is deadly: the murder of the socialite's boyfriend. As Jane delves deeper into the opulent world of the wealthy, she quickly learns that beneath the veneer of privilege and glamour lie the same passions and pitfalls that affect us all – love, jealousy, and, in this case, murder. ...

Nora is determined not to marry a cowboy. But she's also not sure she could ever fall for a man who can't handle himself on horseback. It's not that Nora doesn't love the Tipped Z. She wouldn't trade her childhood starting colts and driving cattle through sagebrush for anything. But between her close-knit family, the endless work, and the hours in the scorching sun, she feels like she has to fight for the space to be herself. Despite her brother's constant hints that he could use more help, she takes a new job that will mean more travel and less time at the ranch. As Nora tries to adapt to ...