title: Charming Champion
author: Beggs, Delores Goodrick
description: No! This can't happen to her again. Merry Anna Dougal lost one little dog in her childhood. Now she's volunteering animal rescue in the New Mexico woodlands during her sabbatical, and she's determined she won't lose the Bassett hound stray she's come upon.
   Her chase comes to an abrupt halt when she meets up with animal cruelty investigator Grady McGrath at rifle point.
   He wants to escort her to safety. Her old car disabled, she still insists she has to return and search for more animals needing rescue. He figures he can keep her out of danger by taking her home with him until the shooter is caught.
   He discovers a dangerous flaw in his thinking...