Lamar Public Library

"Gabriel Callahan has lost everything that mattered. All he wants is solitude on an isolated mountain estate. Instead, he gets a neighbor. Vibrant, no-nonsense Nic Sullivan is Eternity Springs' veterinarian, and she has an uncanny plan to lure this talented architect back to the world of the living. First with a dog, next with a renovation project, and, finally, with a night of passion that ends with a surprise. Now a man still raw from tragedy must...

After putting the brakes on her dead-end relationship, local veterinarian Ivey Anders is ready to soak up this summer on her own terms. The way she sees it, no dating means no disappointment. Why complicate life with anything long-term? But when she meets Corbin Meyer and his troubled young son, Justin, Ivey's no-strings strategy threatens to unravel before she can put it into practice -- Provided by publisher.

“[A] beautifully crafted novel….A must-read not only for animal lovers, but for anyone who has found the courage to come back from heartbreak and find love again, without reservation, without fear.”
—Sara Gruen, New York Times bestselling author of Water for Elephants

“A marvelous page-turner, a story of an unexpected heartbreak and the unexpected blessings that result. I didn’t

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Say hello to Maggie mcLain, an unlikely Southern debutante in 1960s Memphis. When she ditches a Cotton Carnival ball to save a drwoning pup, Maggie realizes her destiny.

When a series of break-ins force veterinarian Emma Burnett to seek help, she turns to Luke McCormack, the first man to spark her interest in years, and his faithful police dog companion.

Back in town to help out at the family veterinary practice, Faith McDonald, reunited with the man she once loved, rancher Danny Miller, when his cattle are plagued by a mystery infection, works on a way to heal both the animals and their hearts.

A Stone Creek Christmas" Stone Creek veterinarian Olivia O'Ballivan communicates easily with animals, but men are another story. Especially rugged architect-turned-rancher Tanner Quinn. Olivia's uncanny bond with his daughter Sophie's pony has him questioning her sanity, while "she" wonders if he's not just a drugstore cowboy. Then twelve-year-old Sophie conspires with Olivia to get Tanner into the spirit of Christmas. But will a holiday miracle...

"Being a cougar is totally sexy. Katie Woods never thought she'd be forty-one, divorced, and thrust back into a dating world where women are hooking up with guys half their age. To start fresh, Katie uproots her life and her veterinary practice to upstate New York--not exactly the hottest dating scene on the planet. But when a one-hundred-eighty-pound, unconscious cougar appears on the steps of her clinic, Katie's newly single life gets a much needed...

"Mary Carlson didn't start out to become a veterinarian, let alone the owner and caretaker of cats (many), dogs (two, both huskies), and horses (some with manners, some without) in Colorado. She was a suburban Chicago girl; all she knew of the American West came from the stories her uncle, who had settled in northern Colorado, told her during his annual visits. But thanks to him, she ended up moving to Fort Collins, Colorado for college--and after...