{"product_id":"9781662539947","title":"A Heartbeat at My Feet : A Novel - Kristin Judd","description":"\u003cp\u003eFate has a sense of humor in this witty, heartfelt tale of love and second chances told in two perspectives-a woman in midlife desperate for something new, and a lost dog seeking his purpose. After years of dreams deferred, Josie Ballard's life is about to change. She and her husband are off to Sorrento for a summer adventure, but on the eve of their departure, Josie discovers his infidelity. Devastated, she leaves her faithless husband, heading for the sun-drenched Italian coast. Alone, future unknown. Five thousand miles away, Cicero, a rather snobbish terrier of indeterminate breeding, is likewise living an upturned life after his beloved human's passing. Heartbroken, he wanders the wilds of Pompeii. When a flustered tourist with a kind smile appears in the ruins, clutching her tote bag and map, Cicero and Josie collide like the two lost souls they are. In a series of turns as twisty as Sorrento's streets, Cicero leads Josie to her second act: Hugo, a charming and somewhat contrary local bookseller. Against a backdrop of quaint villages, sun-dappled olive orchards, and the shimmering Mediterranean Sea, Hugo and Josie embark on a friendship that just might tiptoe into romance, with little Cicero to help them along the way-for dogs, he reasons, are nothing if not experts when it comes to love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kristin Judd","offers":[{"title":"285 pages \/ 01\/08\/2026 \/ Fiction: special features","offer_id":57300696826231,"sku":"9781662539947","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9781662539947.jpg?v=1784028863","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781662539947","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}