Gwen McMurray is a middle-aged author who is happy that the main man in her life is a golden retriever. Two men vie for her affection, one is a homicidal stalker and the other is a werewolf. In Come Back to Bite You Gwen moves from Florida to Vermont with only her dog Beau for company. She settles into her new life, making friends along the way. Soon, she attracts the attention of a local hardware store employee and of a mysterious newcomer. She begins dating Jamie, the mysterious newcomer, who turns out to be a writer as well with a penchant for the past that mirrors Gwen's own. The local man, Jeff, does not give up so easily. Will Gwen get the happily ever after promised in the romance novels she writes or will her choice come back to bite her?