Chocolate-Covered Chaos

<p><strong>They can't trust him with their shoes but they can trust him with their hearts.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Since Nick Marshall's wife died he's been struggling to keep a lid on his PTSD and raise his stepdaughter Chloe and her younger half-sister Abby. He's always run a tight ship but when he learns that Chloe's flunking out he becomes even more rigid and controlling: no extracurricular activities just chores and schoolwork until she brings her grades up.</p><p> </p><p>It's only after she gets into a fight at school that he realizes there's a deeper problem that he has no idea how to handle. Worse his late wife's sister is working with Chloe's biological father to take custody away from him.</p><p> </p><p>Out of desperation he takes her teacher's suggestion and brings home a dog from the Pretty Paws Shelter named Max. The girls bond with Max but the dog's playful enthusiasm drives Nick crazy -- he craves calm not chaos.</p><p> </p><p>Can Max help Nick reconnect with Chloe before her meddling aunt and deadbeat father split the family for good?</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Chocolate-Covered Chaos</em> is the third book in the Soul Mutts series heartwarming stories of lost dogs finding new homes with the humans they were born to heal.</strong></p>