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Susan Wiggs, author of The Twelve Dogs of Christmas

A year after breaking up with her husband, Brenda Malloy has put her life back together. She has found purpose and healing as a volunteer with a dog rescue organization in Houston, Texas. The rescue partners with a program in Avalon, New York, a small, snowy town deep in the Catskills. Now Brenda is arranging the transport of rescued dogs from Houston to Avalon. Brenda’s friends worry about her driving a van 2,000 miles with 12 dogs in crates, but she shrugs off their concern. However, a blinding snowstorm, an escaped mutt, and a life-saving encounter with Adam Bellamy --- a single dad and paramedic --- means that Brenda has to stay in Avalon longer than she planned. As she drops off each precious pup at their new homes, some of the comfort and joy of the season begins to creep up on Brenda.

Week of October 7, 2024

Paperback releases for the week of October 7th include BLOOD LINES, a pulse-pounding novel from Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille featuring the return of Army Criminal Investigation Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor, who are on the hunt for the cold-blooded murderer of one of their fellow agents; THE OTHER MOTHERS by Katherine Faulkner, a fresh and deftly paced thriller about murder, class and motherhood in an exclusive London community; A MAN OF TWO FACES, the highly original, blistering and unconventional memoir by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of THE SYMPATHIZER, Viet Thanh Nguyen; Paul Lynch's PROPHET SONG, a terrifying and shocking vision of a country sliding into authoritarianism and a deeply human portrait of a mother’s fight to hold her family together; and holiday-themed titles from Sophie Hannah (HERCULE POIROT'S SILENT NIGHT), Susan Wiggs (THE TWELVE DOGS OF CHRISTMAS) and Danny Pellegrino (THE JOLLIEST BUNCH).