But when Staff Sergeant Mike Kowalski returns from Iraq to hand off his fallen commander’s dog, Trooper, both Sierra and Mike will be a little surprised when neither of their plans turn out how they expected. Sierra McDaniel is constantly busy cleaning kennels at the family’s Second Chance Ranch Animal Rescue, so she doesn’t exactly want a dog of her own. But when former classmate (and nemesis) Katie Underwood discovers a litter of baby cougar cubs, the two must work together despite their mutual hatred to save the animals, and they just might not hate each other after all. It’s no surprise that I’m not alone, and there are hundreds of books (seriously, so many) out there with animals at their core, whether it’s a Western horse ranch, a Midwestern dog kennel, or a hometown zoo focused on saving as many endangered animals as possible.Ī single father and owner of the Sagebrush Flats Zoo, Bowie is focused mainly on his budget and raising his daughter. There’s nothing that makes my heart happier than reading about puppies or horses getting saved by a rescue, or people falling in love because of their mutual kindness and caring for animals. Soon he’s covered in cat hair, knee-deep in adorable, and bewitched by a shyly pretty spinster he can’t resist. Gabriel Duke, who clawed his way from the lowliest slums to the pinnacle of high society, finds this easier said than done. She will part with her precious charges, if he can find them loving homes. When her imposing-and attractive-new neighbor demands she clear out the rescued animals, Penny sets him a challenge.

Lady Penelope Campion never met a lost or wounded creature she wouldn’t take into her home and her heart. This list of romance books for animal lovers is sponsored by The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare.

Shelter Me by Catherine Mann