"The 14 stories collected in this book are about people caught in the unsettling dramas of Chinese society accelerating at a blistering pace in the decades after the Cultural Revolution ... Witty, poignant, absurd, and shocking, Love Me, Love My Dog stories offer a telling depiction of the myriad world of jaded entrepreneurs, overzealous cops, karaoke fanatics, dog lovers (and haters), liberated coeds, and frustrated urbanites who move in and out of China's colorful neon-lit cities and dusty rural villages, transitioning from one world to the other."--Books in Print.

Can You Teach an Old Dog New Tricks? A sweet romance short story with dogs Forty-three-year old Samantha Anderson is a romance novel writer who has recently moved to a small town of Maple Hills to escape the bad memories of her divorce. There, she finds a friend in an intelligent Irish Wolfhound. When her dog gets ill, she takes him to a local veterinarian, who turns out to be a good-natured and handsome 30-something man. What role will her dog play in making them cross her path with the vet again? Would Samantha be able to open her heart after being left by her husband for a much younger woman? Love Me, Love My Dog is the first book in the "Lucky Dog" romance series, which feature dogs as main characters. Each book tells a different story and can be enjoyed without reading the other titles. Keywords: second chance, doctor vet romance, inspirational, romance dogs, dog romance, romance pets, veterinary romance, veterinarian romance, free book, free romance

This superb collection of original paintings by award-winning artists Gillie and Marc Schattner, combined with their witty and heart-warming observations about dogs is the perfect gift idea for anyone who ever loved a dog.

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