Normally Holly Winter wouldn't be caught dead in a place like Puppy Luv - a mall pet shop that's no doubt an outlet for the puppy mill industry and a hotbed of forged papers, broken promises, and mistreated animals. But a hot tip about a malamute pup suddenly has Holly charging to the rescue and panting to put the owner out of business. Trouble is, she's not the only one who has a bone to pick with Diane Sweet. In a matter of hours the Puppy Luv proprietress is gruesomely murdered. When Holly links the killing with the disappearance of another malamute, an adorable live wire named Missy, she digs up startling evidence that soon leads her into the fiercely competitive and deadly underworld of dog breeding. A place where her biggest fears are realized...