Abused and abandoned by her former owners, the unadoptable boxer, Baker, finds a safe haven at Pretty Paws, the only no-kill shelter in town. But when sheâs scared, she canât help defending herself, even from the people who want to help her.
Dumped by her cheating fiancÊ and mourning the loss of her mother to cancer, Maeve dreams of opening a bakery. But the only way she can afford that is to win a baking contest. Too bad her high school nemesis has entered too and is using her rich daddyâs money to stack the deck against Maeve.
When Maeve stops by Pretty Paws, Baker chooses the best batch of pastries with her super-sensitive nose. Itâs not exactly love at first sight, but when Maeve learns that time is almost up on Bakerâs stay at the shelter, she agrees to take her home for a couple of weeks, to reset the clock.
Can Maeve and Baker learn to trust each other, or will life find a way to crush their hopes for a fresh start?
Bakerâs Dozen is the first book in the Soul Mutts series, heartwarming stories of lost dogs finding new homes with the humans they were born to heal.
Lori R. Taylor is the founder of TruDog, a lover of all animals, and author of the Soul Mutts series. Itâs her mission, vision, and passion to help humans understand the ways in which our canine friends make the world a better place. Loriâs been helping to build businesses all her life, but her work at TruDog made her remember a dream sheâd had forever.
She had always wanted to be a writer, and TruDog proved what Lori had always known. Not just that dogs made the world a better place, because of course, they did, but that humans needed them more than they could ever possibly know.
In addition to her work with TruDog, Lori has helped to raise over 5 billion dollars for the Disabled American Veterans. Sheâs not just an animal lover, Lori has a soft spot for unwanted or âbrokenâ things and is their fiercest defender. Just ask Truman, the three-legged Great Dane that TruDog was named after.
As a little girl, Lori dreamed of telling stories. She did that for brands for years. Now sheâs doing it like sheâs always wanted to, for you and with this series. Lori wrote Soul Mutts for you. Books to remind you of what you already know, but canât wait to feel again.