Mountain Dog

“Southern storytelling that shows us an old world through new eyes… A beautifully fresh folktale.” - Daniel Wallace, Author, Big Fish "Keeps readers hanging on every word..." - Independent Book Review 2024 NYC Big Book Award Winner Fast-paced, heartwarming and inspired by a real Labrador Retriever, Between the Mountains is a suspenseful tale about a group of people connected through a stray dog. Roscoe was a nomad, roaming alone across a small town until he met J.D., the leader of a community center whose never-ending loyalty rivals that of the old lab. When a figure from the past ...

The Complete Guide to Bernese Mountain Dogs, by dog trainer and journalist Andrea Berman, is a comprehensive guidebook that delves into the temperament, health, and history of these sturdy and adaptable animals. In this audiobook, pet parents like you will find the tools to handle every stage of a Bernese mountain dog’s life, from the first few days at home to senior years.

If you have found this booklet, I am hopefully already dead, buried next to my father and mother, within spitting distance of Thomas, Elsie, and Sally Somers. And, though it is called the Gilley Burying Ground, my father would be irked (when was he not?) to lie for eternity next to the neighbors he so despised. Though I wanted to understand his feelings, I wanted even more to understand the Somers, whose exploits in Southwest Harbor were the subject of so much scrutiny and conjecture, but whose daily lives were full of earnest hard work.

She came to the mountains to escape death. It followed her. Former Minneapolis paramedic Gemma Hartley thought she'd left tragedy behind when she fled to the remote mountain town of Elk Creek, Colorado. With her search-and-rescue dog Kira by her side, she's built a quiet life finding lost hikers and learning to breathe again. Then a routine search for a missing woman leads Gemma and Kira to a body and evidence of murder. The deeper she digs, the darker the secrets become. Someone in this picture-perfect town has been hiding the truth about what happened twenty-five years ago, when another ...

For readers young and young-at-heart! Join Izzy, the lovable Bernese Mountain Dog, and her quirky cow pals Selma, Milly, Gertrude, and Louise on an unforgettable adventure! As they journey from Mission Creek Dairy to their new home near Montana’s stunning Bitterroot Mountains, they’ll face wild challenges—wily coyotes, prowling wolves, and even towering bears! But can Izzy’s big heart and brave spirit help them all stick together? And will Digger, the feisty Australian cattle dog, finally become a friend? Not too scary for the young ones. With winter closing in and the stakes higher...

A reluctant hero broke his own rules for the woman who changed everything. I wasn’t looking for love. I was looking for answers. Someone had turned my property into a three-ring circus without authorization—and I intended to shut it down. Then I saw her. Peyton was covered in dog hair, dirt smudged on her cheek, fire in her eyes. She was running a full-scale rescue operation on my land, breaking half the terms of my lease agreement—and when I confronted her, she didn’t flinch. Didn’t apologize. Didn’t back down. She told me to help. I’d spent nineteen years building my wealth....

In Willow Creek, history isn’t just preserved—it’s protected… sometimes fatally. When respected historian Harold Whitcomb dies after a fall near the town’s historic root cellar, most call it a tragic accident. But Cynthia Harper—former NYC strategist turned small-town B&B owner—has learned that Willow Creek’s calm exterior often hides careful rearrangements. With her golden retriever Duke sniffing out tension as reliably as crumbs, Cynthia starts asking inconvenient questions about missing archive pages and a trust tied to valuable land. The town’s polished Historical ...

As a native of the small town of Hansonville, North Carolina,and a wilderness rescue worker, Raine Stockton knows the Smoky Mountains as well as anyone could, but she gave up her Search and Rescue work after a tragic loss. Now she reluctantly returns to active duty to help find a young child who has been kidnapped and taken deep into the forest.

Iraq War veterans Kelton Jager and Azrael attempt to integrate back into American society pursuing a job at a new federal facility on a tip from a local veterinarian. Nestled in the mountains of Virginia’s Blue Ridge, Bearton seems a nice enough town to make a new start. There are modern conveniences, fresh air, and kind people. Best of all, numerous ex-Military Working Dogs are being shipped in at the local airport, indicating his skills as a dog handler might be in demand. Although Kelton’s application fails to bring him an employment opportunity, his observations raise questions. The...

Now an Academy Award-winning Netflix film by Jane Campion, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst: Thomas Savage's acclaimed Western is "a pitch-perfect evocation of time and place" (Boston Globe) for fans of East of Eden and Brokeback Mountain. Set in the wide-open spaces of the...

Winter in Elk Creek hides more than snow. Four months ago, Nathan Cross told everyone he was leaving town for a job in Utah. His truck was found at a rest stop near the border. His apartment was cleared out. His goodbyes were said. He never made it. When Gemma Hartley and her search-and-rescue dog Kira are called to investigate an avalanche debris field, they discover what the mountain has been hiding: Nathan's frozen body, buried since October, preserved by the cold—along with evidence that his death was no accident. Someone in Elk Creek is a murderer. And with the roads closed and the ...

She's kept the secret for twenty-five years. Tonight, she's going to tell it. The night Brianna Hartley vanished, Dot was working the front desk of the Elk Creek hostel. She saw Brianna come in. She saw the man who came for her. And she saw them leave together, Brianna walking into the darkness with someone who wasn't the boyfriend everyone blamed. For twenty-five years, Dot kept silent. Took the money. Looked the other way. Watched an innocent man carry the weight of suspicion while the real killer walked free. Now she's dying, and she can't take the secret with her. When Dot's confession ...

She finds the lost. But this time, she's become the hunted. Twenty-five years ago, thru-hiker Brianna Hartley vanished on the Colorado Trail. Her body was never found. Her killer was never caught. And her sister never stopped waiting. When true-crime podcaster Megan Yates arrives in Elk Creek determined to solve the cold case, SAR handler Gemma Hartley expects complications. What she doesn't expect is to find Megan's body on a mountain trail, strangled, just like the woman she was investigating. Megan's research reveals a terrifying pattern: settlements paid to silence women, a whisper ...

Spring thaw has come to the Colorado mountains. So have the secrets buried beneath the snow. When a social media influencer with two million followers vanishes on the mountain trails, K-9 handler Gemma and her partner Kira are called to search. What looks like a straightforward missing persons case quickly becomes something darker, a web of obsession, followers who crossed the line from fan to stalker, and secrets hidden behind a carefully curated online life But Gemma is fighting a battle she can't win. Kira is slowing down. Eight years old, six years of partnership, hundreds of searches, ...

Being a game warden in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado is all Jacob Cartwright ever wanted. It gave him a sense of purpose and belonging, and the animals he helped every day never asked him anything personal. There was no need to get married and have a family when his job kept him so busy and fulfilled. Until his new partner, Miranda Hartman, shows him things he never thought he was missing in his life. After working in corporate America left Miranda feeling bored and unsatisfied with life, she trades in her MBA for a tan uniform and a job that's sure to be filled with an adventure. Too bad...

In the snow country of Japan during World War II, we meet Morie Sawataishi, a fierce individualist who has chosen to break the law by keeping an Akita dog hidden in a shed on his property. By the time of the Japanese surrender in 1945, there are only sixteen Akitas left in the country. The survival of the breed becomes Morie's passion and life. Devoted to the dogs, Morie is forever changed.

In beautiful prose that is a joy to read, Sherrill opens up the world of the Dog Man and his wife, providing a profound look at what it is to be an individualist in a culture that reveres conformity, and what it means to live.

Twenty-five years of waiting. One trial to end it all. And a wildfire that's about to change everything. Warren Haskell is finally on trial for the murder of Brianna Hartley. The evidence is overwhelming—a recorded confession, a body recovered from his family's mine, witnesses who saw him with the victim the night she disappeared. After everything Gemma and her allies have sacrificed, justice seems inevitable. But Warren Haskell didn't build an empire by losing. His defense team is ruthless. The evidence is being picked apart. And Gemma watches helplessly as the case she helped build ...

Welcome to Heavenly Acres, a quirky tiny house community tucked in the Ozark Mountains—where mysteries are as common as mischievous pets, and amateur sleuth CJ Turley can’t seem to stay out of trouble. Dive into the Tiny House Cozy Mystery Series and follow CJ, Eric, Caper, and their friends through a delightful blend of humor, suspense, romance, and mystery—where every corner hides a secret, and every mystery brings them closer together. When CJ moves to the Ozarks to start a new life, she expects peace, quiet, and a slower pace. What she gets instead is a whirlwind of burglars, ...

Meg Gorton finds herself alone and lonely in Florida. Three years earlier, she packed what she could fit into her sister's car, told her husband, Gary, where he could find her, and asked him to take care of Moses, their beloved black Labrador. For years, she’d tried to talk Gary into moving away from Woodstock, Virginia. They both needed a fresh start after a painful loss, and when their grandson graduates from high school, Meg knows it’s time. But Meg also knows that if she wants a new beginning, she’ll have to do it alone.

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