Ruff Around the Edges

U.S. Army Night Stalker Major Aidan Kilcannon leaves Afghanistan after his best friend, Charlie, is killed in action. Aidan's only consolation is the knowledge that he's know solely responsible for Charlie's dog, Ruff, a rambunctious boxer they'd found in a bombed out hospital in Kabul. With the help if Aidan's father, the Dogfather himself, they transport Ruff back to the States. He arrives shortly after Aidan, and both dog and man are suffering from loss, trauma, and sudden change. Aidan is certain his only hope is the comfort and love he gets from Ruff, and that this dog will help him adjust to the staggeringly difficult transition from battlefield to Bitter Bark. But the day ruff arrives, Daniel Kilcannon informs his son that Rebeca Spencer, Charlie's younger sister, has a hard and fast claim om Ruff and she intends to honor her brother's wishes. Aidan has to relinquish the dog to her, no matter how impossible that is. Beck Spencer is in Bitter Bark temporary to help the only relative she has left. after losing her parents as a child, and her brother six months ago, she too, hopes that Ruff will offer the solace ad companionship she needs. Everything gets complicated by Rudd who has his own idea of who should be his master, making it impossible for beck to win him over. It doesn't tale long for Aidan and Beck to form an uneasy truce that soon grows into something deep and lasting. but as they help each other discover the true meaning of family and home, they know they'll have to face pains of their past if they have any chance of a future.