Embracing New Bonds: The Dogs That Hug Her Heart, Book 2

Marty thought she had made peace with a quiet life. Then June arrived. After years of distance from her daughter Zoe and granddaughter June, Marty opens her home for a summer that changes everything. With Sonny and Molly at her side, she tries to manage new routines, old wounds, unexpected laughter, fragile forgiveness, health scares, family memories, and the surprising possibility of love later in life. As June learns about dogs, grief, courage, and belonging, Marty discovers that healing is not about forgetting the past. It is about making room for what can still grow. Embracing New Bonds continues The Dogs That Hug Her Heart series with warmth, humor, faith, family reconciliation, and the steady comfort of dogs who know exactly when a heart needs holding. For readers who love heartfelt dog fiction, gentle women's fiction, family healing, second chances, and stories filled with pawprints, memory, and hope.