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Cats once again prove to be the best medicine in the wonderful third book following the award-winning, bestselling Japanese novel We’ll Prescribe You a Cat. When you are lost, the Kokoro Clinic for the Soul will find for you. Dr. Nikké and his clinic are always ready to offer their...

From the Southern Book Prize winning author of Rednecks: a thrilling novel of pursuit, survival, and redemption between two species in the American Southwest Broke, dispossessed, and angry at the government after losing his family’s New Mexico ranch, Trace Temple is looking for revenge. He’s living out of his truck when a shadowy militia movement hires him to take down the legendary she-wolf of the Dark Canyon pack, One-Eleven. But One-Eleven is no ordinary wolf.

Protecting a witness could be a deadly mission for this K-9 team. K-9 officer Tarren McGregor never imagined that a cartel would find its way to Texas’s South Padre Island—or target his best friend’s sister. But when Julia Hamilton witnesses and prevents the kidnapping of a teen girl...

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire… Danger—and revenge—threaten the forest in the fifth book in Kathleen Donnelly’s thrilling search and rescue National Forest K-9 series. There’s nothing more terrifying than a trail of smoke over a summer-dry national forest—at least, that’s...

In this hilarious, "dazzling" romp, a foul-mouthed crow is humanity's only chance to survive a zombie apocalypse–think Watership Down meets Dawn of the Dead (Mona Awad, author of Bunny). S.T. is a bird of simple pleasures: hanging out with his human owner, Big Jim, trading insults with...

Violet March and Sam Nash are as different as night and day and have been enemies ever since Violet accused Sam of dognapping her beloved Dalmatian. Sam knows that's impossible - for one thing, Cinder is a well-trained fire-safety-demonstration dog who never steps out of line for serious firefighter Sam. Sprinkles, on the other hand, has never met a command that she didn't ignore completely, much like her bubbly owner.

An intimate portrait of the life and marriage of Leonard and Virginia Woolf - and their pet marmoset monkey called Mitz - from the National Book Award-winning author of THE FRIEND 'A perfect little gem of a book' NIGEL NICOLSON 'Nunez takes us beneath the surface to the essential mysteries of...

By the bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of THE FRIEND 'A story that abounds in vivid moments and moods' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 'Among the most interesting writers of our generation' INDEPENDENT The night had passed, and though they had not undressed and they had not slept and...

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by The Millions, Literary Hub, Our Culture, The Maris Review, Debutiful A polyphonic debut following an aging French bulldog and the parasitic worms that send her toward death — a singular, sly novel about form, freedom, interiors, and the matter by which...

Her serial killer brother's escaped-and it's single mom Zoe Sullivan who's under suspicion! Sgt. Linc Colson trusts two things: his instincts and his Rottweiler K-9 partner, Star - and certainly not the pretty face he's assigned to monitor. He's done everything to keep her from getting under his skin - now he must stop those who want to put her six feet under.

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 ...

A rescue dog, an ex-Marine, and an ex-convict are caught in the crosshairs of a ruthless gang in remote Washington state in this "first-rate thriller" (Associated Press) for "fans of CJ Box and Michael Koryta" (Booklist). Former US Marine Jess Winslow reenters civilian life a new widow, with...

Several years after nearly being lost to the town villain, Bear Bailey’s Co-op and Grocery has become the community hub. Mary Bailey’s cousin, Katie, is the cornerstone in the store’s impressive growth, though her personal life lacks the same success. As the co-op seeks new solutions for much needed funding, a wandering dog appears in town with the arrival of spring. Bear learns the heartbreaking history of the abandoned hobo dog, and soon realizes the stray has arrived to help Katie find her life’s journey.

Reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter can't wait for Christmas. He doesn't care much about the season, unless it's football season. Andy's excited to finally relax and watch the games. But when there's a murder related to an old case in Paterson, New Jersey, Andy puts the games on pause. Two years ago, a gas leak in an office building led to a tragic explosion that killed seven people. Jeff Wheeler was there to pick up his girlfriend and ran into the building to help. All he heard was the barking of a dog, Rufus, and was able to save him. The pup was the sole survivor and Jeff was named a hero.

‘Fantasy as it ought to be written’ George R.R. Martin The kingdom of the Six Duchies is on the brink of civil war when news breaks that the crown prince has fathered a bastard son and is shamed into abdication. The child’s name is Fitz, and he is despised. Raised in the castle stables...

The tourist came upon the small stray dog on the outskirts of a village called Galbally in southwest Ireland. She was alone. Maybe a runaway. Maybe abandoned by her owner. He took her to the village, expecting help but receiving none. At a loss, he picked a random farmhouse. The lady and her children were nice enough, and the problem was solved. He took a quick trip back into town and then again passed the farmhouse fifteen minutes later. At the end of the driveway, there stood the dog, staring with imploring eyes as he drove by, asking why he had left her there. He didn't stop to tell her ...

Maddie is living her best second life on a forty-acre sheep farm in the Wisconsin countryside. In addition to her passion for training sheepdogs—including her spirited border collie Jack—she sees all manner of dogs with behavioral problems ranging from biting to thunder phobia as part of her local practice. No stranger to trauma herself, Maddie has worked hard to recover from the ordeal of her previous marriage. But things take a turn when Maddie's friend and mentor, George, is inexplicably killed by a rifle shot fired from the woods during a sheepdog trial.

Awarded the Newbery HonorWhen a novel like Huckleberry Finn, or The Yearling, comes along it defies customary adjectives because of the intensity of the respouse it evokes in the reader. Such a book, we submit, is Old Yeller; to read this eloquently simple story of a boy and his dog in the Texas...

Tony Dodds has a new suit, an old handler, and a tiny window of opportunity. The suit is dove-grey, bespoke, and tailored for a twelve-inch French bulldog. The handler is Nora Giles — the one person from his former life he's actually glad to see. And the window is biological: the longer Tony stays in this body, the less of him there'll be to bring back. MI5 has a proposition. One mission, and they'll dedicate the full resources of the British government to reversing his condition. The mission: go viral, get cast in a Hollywood blockbuster, and use a film shoot in a Central Asian ...

A twisting and apocalyptic dark fantasy novel, Blacktail is the long-awaited second novel from Scott Hawkins, the critically acclaimed author of The Library at Mount Char. Who does your dog pray to? Blacktail, a half-breed wolf, knows only the language of the hunt. When men kill his mate and...