by Mary Hiker
“What is it? I will do anything for him,” she said as Chevy licked her cheek.
“He has a little friend who is all alone and needs someone very special to love her, and take care of her and teach her how to play tennis ball.” My eyes started to tear up. “Chevy thought you were the very best choice to be a mommy to his little buddy.”
Chevy sat at Anna’s feet as Don snuck around the corner holding a fluffy nine-week-old puppy with golden fur.
Anna burst out in tears and hugged Chevy as she sobbed. “Is she for me, Chevy?”
“She’s for you,” her grandfather said.
Don placed the pup in Anna’s outstretched arms, and everyone in the room clapped and congratulated her on the new family member.
When things quieted down a bit and Anna finally stopped weeping, I asked her, “What are you going to name your puppy?”
I barely heard the words that were muffled through the happy tears, but repeated what I thought she said.
“You’re naming her Elsie?” I asked.
Anna nodded her head. “Yes, I will name her L.C.,” she said. “That stands for Little Chevy.”
The End
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If you haven’t read the other books in the Avery Barks Dog Mystery series, now is a great time to take a look.
Avery Barks dedicates all of her spare time to training search and rescue dogs and helping the animals. That dedication soon lands her unemployed and out of options.
While helping an elderly friend, Avery and her butterfly loving dog, Chevy, find the unthinkable – a dead body. The sleepy North Carolina mountain town she calls home is shocked and shaken to the core.
When Avery realizes that the dead man is the very man that got her fired, she knows she's landed smack dab in the middle of chaos.
With her trusty canine companion by her side, Avery must follow the clues and solve the murder mystery before she winds up on the suspect list.
BUTTERFLY BOY is the first book of the Avery Barks Dogs Mysteries series
Avery Barks, a volunteer search and rescue dog trainer, is close to landing her dream job at the new animal rescue sanctuary outside of town. With her fun-loving golden retriever Chevy by her side, all seems to be coming together nicely for Avery – a new job, a case of puppy love for Chevy, and a potential new boss that's not so bad on the eyes.
She soon discovers that she should be careful what she wishes for. Before her interview is even over, a cadaver dog finds a dead body at the sanctuary.
As strange things keep popping up at the new job site, she and Chevy find themselves at the center of a potentially dangerous game they never signed up to play.
STRANGE OUTFIT is the second book in the Avery Barks Dog Mysteries series.
About the Author
Mary Hiker is a fixture in the North Carolina mountains. She enjoys writing about dogs, nature and mystery adventures.
She’s a true animal lover at heart and her own dogs are the inspiration for Chevy's antics in the Avery Barks Dog Mystery series.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
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