The Dogs of Christmas (23 page)

BY W. BRUCE CAMERON

The Dogs of Christmas

A Dog’s Purpose

A Dog’s Journey

Emory’s Gift

8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter

How to Remodel a Man

8 Simple Rules for Marrying My Daughter

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

W. BRUCE CAMERON is the
New York
Times
bestselling author of
8
Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter
, which was turned into the hit television series. He has twice been voted the #1 best humor columnist by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, and his nationally syndicated column is read by more than three million readers every week. He lives in California. Visit him on the Web at
www.brucecameron.com
.

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

THE DOGS OF CHRISTMAS

Copyright © 2013 by W. Bruce Cameron

All rights reserved.

Cover photograph by Getty Images

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Cameron, W. Bruce.

    The dogs of Christmas / W. Bruce Cameron.—1st ed.

    p. cm.

    “A Tom Doherty Associates book.”

    ISBN 978-0-7653-3055-0 (hardcover)

    ISBN 978-1-4299-9287-9 (e-book)

    1.  Dogs—Fiction.   2.  Dogs—Breeding—Fiction.   3.  Puppies—Fiction.   4.  Human-animal relationships—Fiction.   5.  Christmas stories.   I.  Title.

    PS3603.A4535D66 2013

    813'.6—dc23

2013018448

e-ISBN 9781429992879

First Edition: October 2013