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In Meg Cabot's Latest, Saving Animals, Finding Love, And Making 'No Judgments'

The heroine of Cabot's new novel, inspired by a real story, tries not to judge the neglectful people who've abandoned their pets after a hurricane batters her Florida home town. Hint: It's difficult.
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We're no strangers to hurricane season, the 24-hour coverage that tracks the storm systems, and the havoc that storms like the recent Hurricane Dorian can wreak.

Bestselling author Meg Cabot's new tracks its own storm, and zooms in on a town prepared to fight it. Inspired by Cabot's own experiences during Hurricane Irma, the novel is half spirited romanà clef, half Hallmark-sweet romance; it drops readers right into the eye of a storm, in

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