TRIPS AND WHALES AND PUPPY DOG TALES

About the Book

Kidnapped by her well-meaning family and sent on a surprise vacation to a whale-watching camp in Baja California, Mexico, workaholic veterinarian Morgan West falls in love with the beauty of the Baja Peninsula-and with handsome engineer Hud McGuire.

Introduced by Neez, an omnivorous basset hound, and pushed together by Jo and Bill, a pair of aging, hot-air-ballooning nudists, Morgan and Hud engage drastically different lifestyles and attitudes. Together they face a major challenge-rescuing a beached and wounded baby gray whale.

Can a "people-person" find true happiness with an "animal-person?" Can the mismatched couple save the whales, one at a time? Can they stop Neez from eating everything in sight? Morgan and Hud embark on a quest to discover whether love really is made of Trips and Whales and Puppy Dog Tales.

About the Author

Jeanne Bruce is the writing team of Jeanne (Wood) Kern, shown at Machu Picchu, and Bruce R. Held, shown petting a gray whale in San Ignacio. Jeanne is a former high school teacher, and lives in Lincoln, Nebraska, with her wonderful husband Rich and their spooky black cat, Boo Radley. Bruce lives in Texas and is a Licensed Professional Engineer working as a project manager in the petrochemicals industry.