Taking Care of Business // Going to the Dogs — Judith Arnold

The only way Hank Patterson can get his widowed mother to go on a mature-singles cruise is by promising to dog-sit for Priscilla, her rambunctious, spoiled Yorkie-Spitz mix. Hank and Priscilla don't get along. At. All. Abbie Harding gets along with all dogs. She's a professional dog walker eager to open a canine obedience school in Brogan's Point, if only she can raise the funding. Hank is thrilled to hand responsibility for Priscilla over to Abbie while his mother is away. However, when the magic jukebox in the town's Faulk Street Tavern plays “Going to the Dogs” and casts a spell on Abbie and Hank, they discover that mixing business and pleasure can bring not just great rewards but also emotional peril.