The Guardian (novel)
 The Guardian is the 7th novel by American writer Nicholas Sparks.The book is a love story/thriller about a Great Dane named Singer who is the pet of a widow named Julie who is trying to find a new life partner. Among those she considers are Mike an old friend of hers and Richard a successful manager. The reader views Julie through Richard's eyes as his former wife who had tried to escape him. He had hunted her down and killed her as he did to everyone who got in his way.