Baby Steps

By Louise Forster

When Tess Bergrem's dog, Pebbles, woke her from a deep sleep, life took off in a new, alarming direction.

 

Suddenly caught up in a mystery, life could go either horribly wrong or exciting and new. One thing they all agreed on, life would never be the same again.
 Rhys, the charming new guy in town, and his adorable dog, George, offered Tess his expertise.
Tess's friends and co-owners of the Puppy Club encourage Tess to keep searching, and, in the meantime, they insist she shares her problems with them. 
Would she ever get her life sorted, and would the local police sergeant give Tess a break? After all, half the town was ready to back her up.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Louise Forster
• Release date: Dec 13, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223820345

Louise Forster

Amazon Australia bestselling author Louise Forster lives on the east coast of Australia. In 2000, she won the Romance Writers of Australia award, and in 2008  came third in a US competition, the Charter Oaks Romance Writers Excellence in Writing Contest. Her first book was published by Harlequin Escape Publishing in 2013. In 2017, two of her books, Home Truths in Tumble Creek and Tumble Creek, reached #1 bestsellers on Amazon Australia. Books #1 and #4 have secondary LGBTQI characters who are essential to her stories. As a reviewer wrote: "I especially appreciated the way Forster handled a delicate subject with compassion - and reality. Louise enjoys writing strong, caring heroes who love their heroines unconditionally. www.louiseforster.com.au

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