A Deadly Second Chance

Good deeds. Friendly faces. One very inconvenient body.

Ex-corporate fixer turned small-town pet sitter, Kate Morgan thought Willow Glen was her fresh start. The dogs disagreed. So did a dead body.

The launch of the Second Chance Pet Placement Program is the feel-good event of the year — until the program’s beloved coordinator, Evan Calder, is found dead in the kennels. Tragic accident, say the authorities. Kate wants to believe them.

With her rescue terrier Max at her heels, Kate starts pulling on threads the town would desperately prefer she left alone.

The deeper she digs, the more the smiles start to look like warnings. The victim isn’t as ‘beloved’ as it first seemed. Among the suspects: a program insider with a habit of creating the very problems she offered to fix. A foster parent who knew exactly when to go silent. Each had a reason to keep Evan’s secrets buried.

Then the retaliation starts. Clients vanish. Her reputation crumbles. And Kate is starting to realize that the next inconvenient body could be hers.

In Willow Glen, kindness is currency. Kate’s about to find out what the truth costs.