A curmudgeon hides a terrible personal loss beneath a cranky and short-tempered exterior while clashing with new neighbors, a boisterous family whose chattiness and habits lead to unexpected friendship.

In this captivating Depression-era set novel by New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe, two couples find their grudges endangering more than their Alabama small town's deceptive peace . . . When good-time couple Milton and Yvonne Hamilton moved one house over from the respectable-but-restless Odell and Joyce Watson, it was a fast friendship of shared secrets-and secret jealousies and betrayals. Their alliance was bound to crash and burn, but...

A homeless little dog finds supper at one house, a comfortable couch at a second, and breakfast at a third.

A wolf moves next door to a pig, who runs in terror to his brother's house when the wolf, who is choking on pepper, comes over to ask for some water. Includes puzzles and notes for adults.

Search-and-rescue dog J.J. struggles with jealousy over Moosh's friendship with a fashionable new neighbor, a situation that is complicated by a raiding possum and questions about the neighbor's integrity.

Before Alyssa's husband died, he left her thirty cards with instructions for thirty days of passion that she could use whenever she was ready, and now that her hot new neighbor has moved in, she is willing to try to utilize them.

The reader is invited to help solve the Pepin family's unusual problems, which include having a cow who creates lemonade rather than milk and having to cope with a competitive neighbor.

When Peep leaves the city to live in the country with her pet iguana, her new neighbor, Wooby, is concerned but tries to be polite and neighborly, even when her efforts to become his friend lead to disaster.

Mr. Putter is convinced to run in a senior marathon with his neighbor, Mrs. Teaberry, when he learns that second prize is a train set.

Kid and her family move to an apartment building in New York City, whose eccentric residents include a skateboarding fantasy writer, a guinea pig hoarder, and possibly a goat who lives on the roof.