CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Carrie Waters doesn’t believe in love. Not since Jack Gavigan broke her heart and shattered her dreams. She left her small New England town, swearing never to return. But now she's back to sell her childhood home and put her grandmother's affairs in order. The problem is, Nana never mentioned having a dog. Not only that, but the unexpected animal is the size of a pony, and it seems determined to clean out her bank account so fast, she'll never get back to Texas. Especially when the dog she didn't expect keeps making people call the town's only animal control specialist she never wanted to see again, Officer Jack Gavigan.

Jack hasn’t truly loved a woman since Carrie Waters stole his heart eighteen years earlier. But now she’s back and finally, he can explain to her why he left the senior prom on the arm of her best friend, Michelle. His and Michelle's daughter was born only nine months later, but still--there's more to the story, and Carrie needs to know. If only he could get her to listen.

All it takes is one destructive dog and one matchmaking teen to get the job done.