TY - BOOK AU - Sparks, Nicholas TI - The guardian: a novel SN - 9781538764732 U1 - Fic Sp736 2003 PY - 2003/// CY - New York PB - Grand Central Publishing KW - Widows KW - Fiction KW - Dogs KW - Romantic suspense fiction KW - North Carolina N2 - After her husband’s death, 29-year-old Julie Barenson continues to heal while raising their Great Dane puppy, Singer. Four years later, she faces a choice between two very different men: the refined engineer Richard Franklin, and the down-to-earth Mike Harris, her late husband’s best friend. As new love blossoms, unexpected jealousy ignites into something dangerous. Julie must protect herself and Singer from an escalating threat that turns her life upside down ER -