Set in the Pacific Northwest. An island provides sanctuary, the lush forests seduce the unwary, and a man and a woman find in each other the strength to carry on. Now a 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...

When they help out at a guide dog training school, the Alden children meet several people who seem obsessed with a particular dog named Ginger.

When Lizzie volunteers at Caring Paws Animal Shelter, she meets newcomer Harper, and together they must help a tiny chihuahua mix named Sparky find a new home.

Bella knows the family rules but lives by her own, as well, causing her behavior to be "too wild, too rude, and too risky" until Granny brings her a puppy with similar problems.

Cora Bellamy is a woman who thrives on organization. She's successfully run her own dog training business for years, perfectly content with her beloved rescue pitbull as the main man in her life. She's given everything to her business, and her lack of social life (or slobber-free clothes) has been completely worth it. But all that changes when she meets Charlie Gill, the hottest client she's ever had. The only problem? Charlie's taken. Luckily, Cora...

Newly orphaned and living with the half sister she hardly knows, twelve-year-old Olive rediscovers her hope when she starts training a guide dog puppy.

Boisterous third-grader Fran has trouble controlling herself, but learning how to train her gigantic Newfoundland puppy helps her gain enough self-control to win the part of princess in the class play. Includes instructions on puppy training.

Twelve-year-old Tom learns first-hand about honor, first when he is wrongly accused of lying at school, then when he faces the risk of losing a puppy he has come to love while helping his grandfather train hunting dogs, but writing to a new friend helps him sort his feelings and do the right thing.

"Ten-year-old perpetual new kid Robyn has rules about starting a new school, but she learns some rules are worth breaking when she signs up her special needs dogs for agility training"--

Publisher Annotation: Daisy has only ten weeks to prove her usefulness or else be sent back to the pound. Yet if she goes back, who will protect Colonel Victor from his PTSD attacks? Or save the littler human, Micah, from those infernal ear muzzles he calls earphones? What if no one ever adopts her again? Determined to become the elite protector the colonel needs, Daisy vows to ace the service dog test. She’ll accept the ridiculous leash and learn...