Escape Into Adventure, Romance, Suspense, and Magic This July

Find Your Perfect July Escape

Romance with animals, a book club favorite

Berkley
April 2011
On Sale: April 12, 2011
480 pages
ISBN: 0515149489
EAN: 9780515149487
Paperback (reprint)
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Nora Roberts

Nora Roberts
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To most people, Fiona Bristow seems to have an idyllic
life-a quaint house on an island off Seattle's coast, a
thriving dog-training school, and a challenging volunteer
job performing canine search and rescues. Not to mention
her three intensely loyal Labs. But Fiona got to this
point by surviving a nightmare...

Several years ago, Fiona was the only survivor of the Red
Scarf serial killer, who shot and killed Fiona's cop
fiancé and his K-9 partner.

On Orcas Island, Fiona found the peace and solitude she
needed to rebuild her life. But all that changes on the
day Simon Doyle barrels up her drive, desperate for her
help. He's the reluctant owner of an out-of-control puppy,
foisted upon him by his mother. Jaws has eaten through
Simon's house, and he's at his wit's end.

To Fiona, Jaws is nothing she can't handle. Simon,
however, is another matter. A newcomer to Orcas, he's a
rugged and in-tensely private artist, known for the
exquisite furniture he creates from wood. Simon never
wanted a puppy-and he most definitely doesn't want a
woman. Besides, the lanky redhead is not his type. But
tell that to his hormones.

As Fiona embarks on training Jaws, and Simon begins to
appreciate both dog and trainer, the past tears back into
Fiona's life. A copycat killer has emerged out of the
shadows, a man whose bloodlust has been channeled by a
master with one motive: to reclaim the woman who slipped
out of his hands...