01677cam a2200241 4500 253009062 TxAuBib 20160217120000.0 160217s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781496700438 trade paperback 1496700430 trade paperback TxAuBib Von Kreisler, Kristin. Earnest [BOOK] / Kristin von Kreisler. New York, NY : Kensington Books, 2016. 292 pages ; 21 cm. Publication date: 1/26/2016. "Earnest. It's the perfect name for a sweet, eager-to-please yellow Labrador retriever. Anna and her boyfriend Jeff fall for him the minute they see those guileless eyes gazing up from behind his gate at Seattle's Second Chance Shelter ... During the day, Earnest keeps Anna company in her flower shop, located in a historic gingerbread Victorian on the island's main street. Anna hopes to buy and restore the house, once owned by her beloved grandmother. But when that dream is threatened by Jeff's actions, Anna's trust is shattered. For so long, the house has encompassed all her ideals of security, home, and family. Yet Earnests devotion to his two people, and theirs to him, make it impossible for them to walk away from each other. And when a crisis hits, its Earnest, honest, stubborn, and uncannily wise, who will help Anna reconcile her past and embrace what the future can bring."--Amazon.com. 20160217. Human-animal relationships Fiction. Man-Woman relationships fiction. Dogs Fiction.