To All the Dogs I've Loved Before

Shane returns to Pine Hollow, Vt., for a third time with this adorable second chance romance (after Once upon a Puppy). Jane Austen%E2%80%93loving school librarian Elinor Rodriguez was blindsided when police chief Levi Jackson, her childhood sweetheart, broke off their engagement with no explanation. Three years later, Elinor and Levi are thrown back into contact nearly every day as he corrals her dog, the recently adopted Dory, an escape-prone Australian shepherd fond of trying to herd cars on Main Street. Dyslexic Levi never believed he was enough for Elinor, and misguidedly broke up with her for her own good%E2%80%94only realizing after the fact that he'd made the biggest mistake of his life. Now Levi works up the courage to tell Elinor he wants to get back together, but Elinor is hesitant: Can she trust that he won't drop her again? While Levi's contrived reasons for breaking up with Elinor are hard to swallow, anyone who's faced heartbreak will easily empathize with Elinor's fear, and Shane makes their attraction believable. Lovers of small-town romance will eagerly await the next installment. Agent: Michelle Grajkowski, 3 Seas Literary. (Dec.)