Abby and the Bachelor Cop

A book in the Banksia Bay series, 2011

Dear Reader,

As I write my books, I work with what Edith Wharton described as “a heartbeat at my feet.” Mitzi is totally devoted. She’s often smelly, she’s sometimes scratchy and she’s occasionally impatient. She doesn’t understand that I need to finish the next scene-she wants walks. If you ask if I could write without a dog at my feet, I’ll confess I’ve never tried. Before Mitzi, there was Harry. Before Harry, Chloe, Pete, Radar, Buster…

So finally, after years of writing with dogs, I’ve decided to write about dogs. Dogs I’ve known. Dogs I’ve loved. Only the names have been changed, to protect the not so innocent.

Kleppy is a kleptomaniac, a fabulous thieving dog. Living with him is a roller coaster of a ride, always keeping just one tail length from the law. But he charms my lovely heroine, lawyer Abigail Callahan, into rescuing him, and shows her how to follow her heart right into the arms of the man she hasn’t dared to love-gorgeous cop Raff Finn.

Welcome to Banksia Bay, where lost dogs heal lonely hearts! Kleppy is the first of many. Enjoy.

Marion Lennox

With huge thanks to the wonderful Kelly Hunter, who gave me Kleppy, to the fabulous Anne Gracie, and to all the Maytoners, whose friendships bring my stories to life.

To Radar, who was Trouble. I look back on every moment with laughter and with love