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I Kept The Dog And His Dignity: A Humorous Women's Fiction Novel of Divorce, Sweet Revenge, and One Very Good Dog
Paperback
Series: Caught in the ACT
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 17 2026
Pages: 90
Weight: 0.21
Height: 0.22 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
He took the house, the money, and the dignity. She kept the dog and the upper hand.
Vale Nichols's fourteen-year marriage didn't end with a tearful confrontation; it ended with a sneeze. When her oversized golden retriever, Barnaby, flips his ears inside out sniffing her husband's coat, Vale detects the unmistakable scent of cheap mall-kiosk gardenia perfume. Her reaction isn't devastating heartbreak, it's pure, unadulterated relief.
But her soon-to-be-ex, Timothy, isn't going to make things easy. Armed with a ruthless, high-priced downtown legal team, he issues an ultimatum designed to break her: he's taking everything. Including the dog. Timothy doesn't even like animals; he just wants to win, and he knows Barnaby is the only thing Vale would bleed for.
Unfortunately for Timothy, Vale trains aggressive, reactive animals for a living. She knows you never win against a resource guarder by pulling harder. You win by trading up.
Teaming up with a rumpled, strip-mall attorney who accepts walk-ins and dog drool, Vale launches a brilliant psychological counter-offensive. The bait? An utterly worthless, hideous 1961 leather recliner that Timothy's massive ego insists is a priceless family heirloom. By weaponizing her husband's own arrogance, Vale sets a legal trap that will cost him everything-and prove once and for all who is truly the alpha.
Perfect for fans of witty, midlife-reckoning women's fiction, incredibly satisfying revenge plots, and stories where the dog always, always comes first.
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