The Bulldog and the Beast — Georgette Heyer

Published in the UK's Happy Mag in 1923, this short and sweet story of contemporary romance gives us dog-loving but people-hating neighbours who perhaps aren't as jaded about the opposite sex as they want everyone to believe. Full of Heyer's signature clever dialogue and arguably featuring the first instance of a pampered pooch in her canon, it is reprinted here for the first time since its original appearance.