The Twelve Dogs of Christmas

A Novel

By: Susan Wiggs

Narrated by: Sophie Amoss

""Don't miss this charming Christmas tale of thawing hearts, escaping dogs, and finding home. I couldn't help digging into this book with both paws."" --Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Must Love Flowers

The ultimate holiday gift from New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs: a delightful novel about a Christmas transport of rescue puppies that’s guaranteed to warm readers’ hearts.

Brenda Malloy wants nothing to do with Christmas ever again. Last year, Brenda and her husband rushed their beloved dog Tim to the emergency vet on Christmas eve. The good news: Tim survived after the vet cleared the obstruction--a pair of women’s lace undies. The bad news: the undies were not Brenda’s.

A year after the breakup, Brenda has put her life back together. She’s trained for a marathon, is writing a children’s novel, and she’s found purpose and healing as a volunteer with a dog rescue organization in Houston, Texas. The rescue partners with a program in Avalon, New York--a small, snowy town deep in the Catskills. Now Brenda is arranging the transport of rescued dogs from Houston to Avalon—just in time for a merry Christmas with their forever families. Brenda’s friends worry about her driving a van two thousand miles with twelve dogs in crates, but she shrugs off their concern. How hard can it be? She knows the way, and she’s just looking to escape the Christmas overload for a while.

But a blinding snowstorm, an escaped mutt, and a life-saving encounter with Adam Bellamy—a single dad and paramedic—means Brenda has to stay in Avalon longer than she planned. As she drops off each precious pup at their new homes, some of the comfort and joy of the season begins to creep up on Brenda despite her determination to avoid the holidays. Perhaps you can bring Christmas into your heart after all...if you have the right furry friends to guide the way.

• A touching holiday read
• Perfect for fans of uplifting winter romances
• A delightful Christmas gift

Loved that the dogs got rescued & did some rescuing

It was sad that one of the main characters were cheated on & marriage was dissolved, but I can’t help, I laughed at how it was found out. I truly loved the dog rescue story & how they worked to find them homes across the country. Today people just don’t care for their animals as they should. The story showed how some animals rescued the humans in physical & mental ways. There’s nothing better than the love shiny from a dogs eyes or having a cat purr & head butt you. Highly recommend especially to get the Christmas season going. Thou it’s heavily steaped in the holidays, any real dog lover would enjoy it anytime.

Holiday cheer and a nice clean love story.

I loved the whole book. The dogs were so much fun along with a very sweet love story. Enjoy! 🎄

excellent my story

well written and narrated and the story keeps your interest the entire time. it brings up a lot of the insecurities people have around the holidays and also how you can still find new love even with a past that you're running from

Great Christmas story

I loved this sweet,romantic, love story - the story about rescuing dogs was just icing on the cake for me.

Good listen

Enjoy the story a lot. Excellent voice perfornance too. Good holiday romance. I hope it will be an Avalon series.