Pupcakes

<p><strong>If you love dogs if you love Christmas you will love this book about an aging pug named Teddy Roosevelt and his very human 'family.' </strong><em> </em><em></em></p><p><em>All she wants is a settled-down life.</em></p><p><em>What she gets is a dog--and a whole new normal . . . </em><strong></strong></p><p>There he stood in the doorway: overweight depressed and nearly homeless--a pug named Teddy Roosevelt. Teddy was Brydie Benson's latest problem arriving on top of her messy divorce and sudden move. Brydie needed a place to start over so this rent-free home seemed a great idea. She just never counted on Teddy or his owner the Germantown Retirement Village's toughest customer Pauline Neumann.</p><p>And because rent-free doesn't mean bills-free Brydie gets a night-shift job at a big-box grocery. Whoever guessed there were so many people who wanted baked goods after midnight?</p><p>Then she gets an idea--why not combine her baking skills with her new-found dog knowledge? And so her store Pupcakes is born. Along with a new start comes a possible new love in the form of Nathan Reid a local doctor with a sassy Irish Wolfhound named Sasha. And as fall turns to winter and then to Christmas Brydie begins to realize that life is a little bit like learning a new recipe for puff pastry--it takes a few tries to get it just right!</p>