Lark Monroe runs Pawsitive Connections with a smile that doesn't always reach her eyes, an alpaca named Al Pacacino who thinks he's royalty, and a talent for recognizing broken people.
Because she's one of them.
She's built a sanctuary in Pawsitive. Forty acres of second chances for animals nobody else wanted and humans who've forgotten how to trust. It's easier to fix other people's problems. Safer.
Her own? Those stay buried.
But the past she left behind isn't staying there. And the man she hired to fix her fences sees straight through every wall she's spent five years building.
Turns out, teaching others to heal is a lot easier than letting someone do the same for her. And she's running out of time to learn...