George certainly has enough personality to qualify. There are not two, but three main characters in this story. He refused to walk more than two steps, kept rolling around on his back and belly, and I didn't get any numbers! None! The most we got were curious (and sympathetic) stares from passersby. Unfortunately, this experiment miserably failed. When Joss and Maeve meet, it's almost as cute as the meet-cute in the 101 Dalmatians movie.Īnimal companions that are determined to play Cupid for their human companions is a recipe for a fantastic story, folks! If only this happened in real life. She decides to chuck her lonely life in Los Angeles and her career as a public accountant, for greener pastures (because anywhere is greener than LA) in Sky, Colorado to manage this charming little bookstore. In Atramentum, Atramentum is the name of the bookstore that the lovely protagonist, Joss, inherits from her Aunt Helen.

Just a guess, I think that MJ Duncan fancies Latin / Ancient words. In ancient Rome, the term atramentum signified any black colouring substance used for any purpose** For example, an octopus may emit a puff of atrament (see cephalopod ink).

**Atramentum or atrament, generally means a very black, usually liquid, substance. You bet I wikipediaed the word, and guess what I found? A.T.R.S.Wait, fuck (Backspace).A.ME.N.T.UM. When I was typing in the title of the book, I felt like I was entering in my WiFi internet modem password. Thankfully for her, however, George doesn't give up so easily. Joss is immediately smitten with her beautiful neighbor, but their conversations walk the line between friendliness and flirtation like it’s a tightrope, and Joss is reluctant to do anything that will risk their budding friendship. Before Joss can recover from being tackled by the Great Dane, she finds herself face to face with George's mom, Maeve Dylan. Cupid strikes as she’s moving into her new place outside Sky and, contrary to popular belief, Cupid has four legs and a tail, hits like a linebacker, and answers to the name George. Burned out on public accounting after too many sixteen-hour days, the allure of operating a small, independent bookstore is too tempting to resist, and Joss decides to walk away from the career she spent the last decade building to move back to the resort town high in the Rockies. Joss Perrault left Sky, Colorado after high school with no intention of ever returning, but all that changes when she inherits Atramentum.

Atramentum by M.J. Duncan