First the bestselling novel. And so the romantic comedy movie adaptation starring Diane Lane and John Cusack.

NowMust Love Dogs is an 8-book series!

"Must Love Dogs has already been a major motion picture, and at presentNew York Times bestselling writer Claire Melt's hilarious and heartwarming series is begging to striking the screen again."—New York Journal of Books

"With all the stress and hardship in the world, Claire Cook's Must Dearest Dogs: Lucky Enough (#8), has over again delivered to us a perfect respite from it all. Information technology is a wonderful comfort read, one with smashing sense of humor and heart and substance.  I can't wait to see what happens next!"—Candace Hammond

"Funny and pitch perfect." –Chicago Tribune
"Wildly witty" –U.s.a. Today
"Cook dishes upwardly plenty of charm." –San Francisco Chronicle
"A hoot" –The Boston Globe

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Must Love Dogs (#one)

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"Voluptuous, sensuous, alluring and fun. Barely twoscore DWF seeks special human being to share starlit nights. Must beloved dogs."

Divorced preschool teacher Sarah Hurlihy's outset mistake is letting her bossy big sister write her personal ad. Her second error is showing up to meet her offset date in more than than a decade. Now she's juggling her teaching job, her big, rollicking, interfering south-of-Boston Irish gaelic family unit, and more men than she knows what to do with. And what's upwardly with all these dogs that are suddenly galloping into her life?


Must Love Dogs: New Ternion on Life(#2)
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Claire Cook's most enduring characters are back inMust Dearest Dogs: New Ternion on Life, Book 2 of the hilarious and heartwarmingMust Love Dogs serial.

Life subsequently divorce for Sarah Hurlihy used to consist of juggling her job as a preschool teacher with the demands of her interfering family. But subsequently a rocky start, Sarah and John Anderson accept shared half-dozen months of dating bliss. Now their human relationship is basically on hold considering Sarah's brother Michael and his dog are staying with her. And John's new puppy Horatio hates Sarah. With a passion.

Michael hopes absence will, in fact, make his wife'southward center grow fonder. Sarah hopes she can do her sisterly duty and send Michael on his merry way before she ends upwardly single once again herself. John hopes Sarah and his puppy can work things out before it's too tardily.


Must Love Dogs: Fetch You After (#3)
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Must Love Dogs: Fetch You Later, Book 3 of the hilarious and heartwarmingMust Dearest Dogs series.

Sarah Hurlihy knows how to motility on to the side by side guy. Merely she actually, actually doesn't want to practise that anymore.

What she wants to figure out is how to stick around and make things work with John Anderson. Only John's suggestion for a romantic trip to canine military camp before Sarah'southward job as a preschool teacher gears up once more is sounding anything only romantic, and Sarah and her sisters are worried about their father'south new girlfriend, Sweepstakes Emerge.

And there'south a hot new male instructor at Bayberry Preschool. Could it exist that what Sarah wants and what she needs are ii entirely different things?


Must Beloved Dogs: Bark & Roll Forever (#4)
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Must Dear Dogs: Bawl & Curl Forever, Volume 4 of theMust Honey Dogs series.

Sarah and John are finally going to move in together. But where? And what'southward upwards with Sarah'south ex enrolling his twins at Bayberry Preschool and Sarah'south wasband's wife trying to sell Sarah'due south house correct out from under her? Sarah's new teaching assistant has a hush-hush, her niece Siobhan has a boyfriend who could be problem, and her dad has a new task working for the Bark & Scroll Forever ladies likewise every bit plans to date at least ane of them!


Must Dear Dogs: Who Let the Cats In? (#5)
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Must Beloved Dogs: Who Let the Cats In?, Volume 5 of theMust Love Dogs serial.

Sarah and John are ownership Sarah's family firm, and they're hoping their relationship volition survive it. Sarah's dad is role of the deal, and and then is the litter of kittens they've discovered under the front end porch. Finding a contractor isn't as easy equally they idea it would exist, one of the parents at Bayberry Preschool is driving Sarah crazy, and a big nor'easter is barreling toward town.


Must Dearest Dogs: A Howliday Tail (#half-dozen)
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Must Love Dogs: A Howliday Tail, Book 6 of theMust Dear Dogs series.

In the mannerly small beach boondocks of Marshbury, Massachusetts, preschool teacher Sarah has the heartbreak of a messy divorce backside her and the promise of a 2nd take chances with John ahead. When she finds out that buying the family unit house besides means hosting the holidays, her only goal is survival. They've got a firm full of animals and a renovation in total throttle. Sarah'southward single and pregnant didactics assistant Polly is staying with them, too, equally is her brother Johnny, whose matrimony is on the rocks, and Sarah has only been made chair of the Bayberry Preschool holiday performance. Can she and John survive all this?


Must Honey Dogs: Hearts & Barks (#7)
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Must Love Dogs: Hearts & Barks, Book seven of theMust Dear Dogs series

Valentine'south Day is in the air and Sarah is feeling more than relationship-challenged than e'er. John wants to elope. Sarah just wants to survive Feb, the longest-shortest calendar month of the twelvemonth, plus information technology's non exactly easy to go someone to watch their 2 dogs and v cats. Polly's babe bump is a abiding reminder to Sarah that everybody else and their caprine animal seem to be able to become pregnant like it'southward no big deal at all. Cupid's arrows are misfiring everywhere, and even Sarah's bossy large sister Carol could be heading for trouble. Bayberry Preschool has declared a moratorium on Valentine's Day candy, and so who'due south leaving those conversation hearts taped to the classroom door?


Must Dearest Dogs: Lucky Enough (#eight)
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Must Love Dogs: Lucky Enough, Volume 8 of theMust Love Dogs serial

If you alive in Marshbury, Massachusetts, that picture postcard perfect seaside town an hour south of Boston and the epicenter of the Irish Riviera, it'due south pretty much mandatory to be a trivial bit Irish for the whole month of March. Preschool teacher Sarah probably should have warned John about that one time they bought the Hurlihy family house. And she definitely should have told him that half the town would exist watching the St. Patrick's Twenty-four hour period parade from their forepart yard.

In her defense, Sarah has a lot on her plate. Hormones are flying every which style as she and John ramp up their fertility journey, their five rescue cats get spayed and neutered, and assistant instructor-slash-housemate Polly gets set up to give nascency with Sarah's bossy big sister as her labor coach. To add to the anarchy, a new garage addition with a secret go out is nearly to go up, Sarah'south dad is withal living and dating away in his mancave, they can't seem to get that canned ham trailer removed from the m, and one of the dogs needs a name modify. And similar that'due south not enough, Bayberry Preschool is filled with malarkey and shenanigans and a wily dark-green leprechaun is on the loose.

If y'all're lucky plenty to enjoy another fun adventure with Must Honey Canis familiaris's loveably quirky cast of characters, you lot really are lucky plenty. Leap right in—you'll be wagging your tail in no time.

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Praise for Must Love Dogs

"A hilariously original tale about dating and its place in a modern adult female'south life." –BookPage

"Funny and pitch-perfect."—The Chicago Tribune

"IfMust Love Dogs is any indication of her talents, readers volition hope that Claire Melt will exist telling informal summertime stories from the South Shore of Massachusetts for seasons to come."—The Washington Post

"A hoot."—The Boston Globe

"A hilariously original tale about dating and its identify in a modern woman's life."—BookPage

"Claire Cook'sMust Love Dogs, a book that'south got more than giggles than soda bread has raisins."—Hartford Courant

"This utterly charming 2d novel by Cook is a fun read, perfect for whiling away an afternoon on the beach." —Library Periodical

"There is a compelling honesty and gentleness to Claire Cook'south work that I observe irresistible. Warm and real and insightfully funny; resonant with the pocket-size truths and laughs of recognition that elevate and illuminate our daily struggles within this complex and complicated new American earth."—Gary David Goldberg

"If you haven't read a Claire Melt book yet, start with this one. You lot don't demand to accept read the first book, but why non grab that one, too, and read it? Her books are like potato fries – you can't take only one!"-Pamela Kramer,National Book Reviewer, Examiner.com

"Claire Cook'south novel Must Love Dogs  was such a huge success that information technology was made into a hit movie starring Diane Lane and John Cusack. Now Cook is back with a sequel in Must Love Dogs: New Leash on Life , which proves just as delightful . . . Cook'south penchant for humour is evidenced clearly in this sequel, making this a delightful and fun read, and leaving one to wonder if this book will also exist made into a heartwarming and comedic movie." -Nancy Lepri,New York Periodical of Books

"Though the tertiary book in [the] series, ane does not need to read the previous two, only most assuredly will desire to. Funny and heartwarming, Must Dear Dogs: Fetch Y'all Later reflects Ms. Cook'south ability to inject comedy into every day circumstances, supplying a remarkable and compelling read."—Nancy C. Lepri,New York Journal of Books

"If you're looking for the perfect novel to throw in your embankment purse this summer,Must Beloved Dogs: Bark and Curlicue Forever is it."—Stephanie Burns, Book Perfume

"Claire Cook has done it again.Must Dear Dogs: Bawl and Ringlet Forever is another fun visit with the irrepressible Sarah Hurlihy and her family. Sarah is such a wonderful main graphic symbol, with all of her quirks and personality flaws, she is so likable and existent."—Laurie WJN, Looking on the Sunnyside

"Yous'll desire to start this series at the first with the original 'Must Dear Dogs' so you don't miss a minute in the lives of the characters. Exist careful: You might get hooked. Reading about how life goes on for this wacky but marvelously lovable family becomes equally addictive equally Frango mints."—Pamela Kramer, National Book Reviewer, Examiner

"Must Love Dogs: Bark & Roll Forever is the fourth installment in theMust Dear Dogs serial, and this edition is sure to  please. Melt displays uncanny humor and draws the reader into this uproarious family. This totally delightful novel reads like a Hallmark movie."—Nancy Carty Lepri, New York Journal of Books