A
part-time dog walker's life is dramatically changed when she's named trustee
and legal guardian for a pack of pampered Labrador retrievers.
Beth
Kendrick (Once Upon a Wine, Cure
for the Common Breakup) returns to Black
Dog Bay, a fictional seaside town in Delaware that's become a refuge to the
broken-hearted and romantically challenged over four previous novels. This
installment features 27-year-old Jocelyn Hilliard, who runs a linen and laundry
service for area condos and rental units with her mother and wise-cracking best
friend, Bree. Jocelyn has her life upended when she rescues a dog from a busy
street and, as a result, is offered a job caring for and walking a pack of
Labrador retrievers--pedigreed, pampered, future world champion show dogs--who
are owned by rich curmudgeon Peter Allardyce.
When the elderly Mr. Allardyce dies
several months later, his will surprisingly appoints Jocelyn as the guardian
and trustee for the beloved Labs. He also names her as financial fiduciary of
the trust and benefactor of his lavish beach house mansion. The news leaves
those in Allardyce's circle up in arms--including highfalutin show-dog trainer
Lois and Liam, Allardyce's estranged son. Both feel they are more deserving and
far better trustee candidates than Jocelyn. Thus begins a tangled legal battle
that tests Jocelyn's patience and her judgments of people, while also forging
her strength and resolve on the road to finding true love.
Kendrick's
breezy style and quick wit enliven more serious themes centered on family,
love, work, class differences and the universal human need for love and
forgiveness
In Dog We Trust: A Novel by Beth Kendrick
Berkley, $15.00 Paperback, 97803999584251, 336 pages
Publication Date: January 8, 2019
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NOTE:
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