Schoolteacher Melanie Travis turns PI to find a prized poodle that went missing after its owner, her uncle, died of an apparent heart attack while working in his kennel.

At the Howard Academy in Greenwich, Connecticut, where she teaches drama, sleuth Melanie Travis and her poodle, Faith, investigate the murder of the caretaker. Melanie catches the killer with the help of her aunt.

Follows the adventures and misadventures of ten-year-old Jane Moffat living with her widowed mother and three siblings in their new home in Cranbury, Connecticut, in the early twentieth century.

"Thanks to Aunt Peg and her enthusiastic pedigree dog show pals, Melanie's aptly named Bite Club reading group has book lovers all over town burying their noses in thrilling murder mysteries. But another pet project surfaces when Melanie reluctantly agrees to train a Bulldog puppy for elusive member Evan Major. Between the unusual bruise on his face and a bizarre run-in with an unknown dog show attendee, introverted Evan can't dodge trouble. It even...

It wasn't often that women resisted star quarterback J.J. Hennessy, but he was ready to trade all the cover girls he'd dated for the adorable lady next door. J.J. was impossibly charismatic, magnificently male--and a bachelor father who was in danger of losing custody of his little girl.

THERE'S A PLACE IN OUR HEARTS RESERVED FOR MIRACLES . . . From Luanne Rice, the celebrated author of Beach Girls and many other New York Times bestsellers, comes this powerful novel of a mystery, a love affair, and a bond that cannot be broken set in a seaside town where miracles are made . . . On the first day of summer, Mara Jameson went out to water her garden-and was never seen again. Years after her disappearance, no one could forget the expectant...

"After the death of her mother, Lydia moves in with her aunts and learns to find a new family of inspiring women and loving dogs"--