title: Man's Best Friend
author: St. Claire, Roxanne
description: Book Six  (all stand-alone titles) of a Series for Dog Loving Romance Readers!Declan Mahoney and Evie Hewitt are childhood best friends who become young lovers on one summer night in the Carolina mountains. But the next morning, they learn Declan's firefighter father has been killed while saving Evie's family and home. Consumed by grief, and determined to take up his responsibility as the oldest Mahoney sibling, Declan turns from Evie. That heartbreak sends her running halfway across the state, rarely seeing Declan over the next twenty years. But now Evie has come back to Bitter Bark to care for her aging grandfather and the landmark mansion once scarred by fire. As soon as they hear that, a couple of meddling grannies who call themselves the Dogmothers hatch their plan to rekindle this romance. They arrange a chance meeting at the local bakery and plant a few unexpected surprises along the way.When she sees Declan, Evie is knocked over by emotions for the firefighter who might just be the reason she's forty, childless, and dedicated to her career. She's also nearly knocked over by the Husky-Malamute mix at his side. With unexpected assist from a dog who'd been surrendered at the fire station, Declan decides he can't miss this chance to reconnect with the woman he's never forgotten. It doesn't take long for old feelings to burn hot...and it doesn't take long for Evie, a veterinary neurologist, to notice something's not quite right with the gorgeous dog Declan's about to put up for adoption.As they work together to help Judah, more than one creature is healed. Evie starts to demolish the walls grief had raised around Declan's heart, and he reawakens her dreams of marriage and motherhood. But as they fall back into each other's arms, Declan discovers the truth about his father's death, and that revelation threatens more than their love...it could threaten their lives. Will Evie and Declan's dreams be destroyed by tragedy? Or can they finally let go of the past so they can take hold of the future...together?All of the covers of The Dogmothers were all photographed at Alaqua Animal Refuge in Florida using rescue dogs from the shelter, and local heroes as models. A portion of book sales is donated to that amazing organization!The Dogmothers - a spinoff series from the popular Dogfather booksOnce Daniel Kilcannon, a widower with six unmarried kids, orchestrated wonderfully happy endings for all his offspring and found one of his own, a new matchmaking team takes over. . Meet Yiayia and Gramma Finnie. One has the steel spine of a Greek warrior, the other has the sweet soul of an Irish poet. Together, along with two darling dachshunds, these Dogmothers won't stop until all nine of their grandchildren are hooked, hitched, and happy.About the AuthorPublished since 2003, Roxanne St. Claire is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than fifty romance and suspense novels. In addition to being a ten-time nominee and one-time winner of the prestigious RITA Award for the best in romance writing, Roxanne's books have won the National Readers' Choice Award four times and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. A recent empty-nester, Roxanne lives in Florida with her husband and two dogs.