The Christmas Dog Sitters by Lucy Mitchell

The Christmas Dog Sitters by Lucy Mitchell

At Christmas, all you need is love... but sometimes it takes a mischievous spaniel to help you find it.

Rachel is struggling. Navigating the loss of her best friend Olivia, heartbroken by her ex-boyfriend and recently made redundant, the impending holiday season is the last thing she wants to think about.

Her rich sister Maddie suggests that Rachel dog-sits her spaniel Humphrey in her luxurious country house in a quaint village in Surrey. However, Rachel is soon manipulated into caring for her elderly Grandpa Eric, too.

Between flight-risk Humphrey and rebellious Grandpa Eric, Rachel uncovers family truths, discovers a secretive west wing... and must cook Christmas dinner for an entire village.

Amidst the chaos, Rachel meets handsome builder Ben. Working at the house, he's also no stranger to loss, but is willing to re-enter the dating scene - albeit with a six-year-old daughter in tow. Can Rachel and Ben find their way through grief at this tricky time of year?

And when a snowstorm threatens to ruin Christmas for everyone, can Rachel and Humphrey bring the community together?

The Christmas Dog Sitters is more than a heartwarming festive comedy; it's a story of love and loss, and finding your own path, from the bestselling author of The Car Share.

Rhona Flin (BSc, PhD Psychology) is Professor of Applied Psychology at the University of Aberdeen. She is a Chartered Psychologist, a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. She directs a team of psychologists working with high-risk industries on research and consultancy projects concerned with the management of safety and emergency response. She is currently leading the Scottish Patient Safety Research Network and has been working with anaesthetists and surgeons since 1999. Her books include Sitting in the Hot Seat: Leaders and Teams for Critical Incident Management (Wiley, 1996), Managing the Offshore Installation Workforce (edited with Slaven, PennWell Books, 1996), Decision Making Under Stress (edited with Salas, Strub & Martin, Ashgate, 1997), Incident Command: Tales from the Hot Seat (edited with Arbuthnot, Ashgate 2002) and Safety at the Sharp End: A Guide to Non-Technical Skills (with O'Connor & Crichton, Ashgate, 2008). Lucy Mitchell (MA, MRes Psychology) is a Research Assistant at the Industrial Psychology Research Centre at the University of Aberdeen. She is currently developing a framework for assessing and training operating theatre scrub practitioners' non-technical skills and is also working towards a PhD in this area. She is a former police officer and has previously investigated the decision-making skills of police firearms officers.