Books by Annie England Noblin

For anyone who ever loved All Creatures Great and Small, Annie England Noblin's newest novel?about a big city vet transplanted to a small Wisconsin town?is pure delight as we meet aging alpacas, stump-tailed cats, goats in tutus, a vagabond border collie named Kevin, and the people who think they own them. And through it all, Goldie McKenzie, DVM, navigating the small town of Blue Dog, Wisconsin.Welcome to Blue Dog Valley. Home of the Fighting Elk. Population 3,411. When Goldie McKenzie, DVM, vet to the L.A. pet stars, arrives from Los Angeles to Blue Dog Valley she realizes three things.Never agree to upend your life when you're hungoverPot-belly pigs are not true farm animalsShe's going to need a warmer coatAt first Goldie is nothing more than a fish out of water, with few clients and few friends. But after a less than pleasant encounter with a man whose dog is suffering from a possibly fatal case of bloat, she's finally earning the trust and goodwill from her fellow Blue Dog Valley citizens. Her clientele grows to include the many farm animals in the town, including a horse named Large Marge, a cape-wearing therapy alpaca, and a yardful of sweater-wearing goats. Add in Kevin, the ?worst sheepdog in Blue Dog Valley,? and a Sphinx cat named Airport, and Goldie is having the best time a vet can have. . . aside from the annoying attractive town grump, Cohen, who seems intent on making sure she always feels like an outsider.With her newfound goodwill, Goldie comes up with an idea to reinvigorate the once flourishing Blue Dog Valley: a Christmas carnival. A petting zoo, pictures with Santa, a baking contest, what more could they want? After only some brief resistance from Cohen and his father, they begin the great plan to reinvigorate Blue Dog Valley.Will Christmas be enough to salvage this dying town?and be enough to bring Goldie closer to a certain grumpy man?

For fans of Susan Mallery, Kristan Higgins, or Susan Wiggs, this is a novel for anyone who loves stories about sisters, dogs, and family secrets. The Sisters Hemingway: they couldn't be more different...or more alike.The Hemingway Sisters of Cold River, Missouri are local legends. Raised by a mother obsessed with Ernest Hemingway, they were named after the author's four wives?Hadley, Pfeiffer, Martha, and Mary. The sisters couldn't be more different?or more alike. Now they're back in town, reunited to repair their fractured relationships. Hadley is the poised, polished wife of a senator.Pfeiffer is a successful New York book editor.Martha has skyrocketed to Nashville stardom.They each have a secret?a marriage on the rocks, a job lost, a stint in rehab...and they haven't been together in years.Together, they must stay in their childhood home, faced with a puzzle that may affect all their futures. As they learn the truth of what happened to their mother?and their youngest sister, Mary?they rekindle the bonds they had as children, bonds that have long seemed broken. With the help of neighbors, friends, love interests old and new?and one endearing and determined Basset Hound?the Sisters Hemingway learn that the happiness that has appeared so elusive may be right here at home, waiting to be claimed.