Tucked in the bitterly cold Colorado mountains lies the remote and close-knit village of Gray Birch, a place where outsiders are frowned upon. In this village lives a house cat named Bijou. But she’s no ordinary house cat; her ancestors were mousers on Viking longships, and their blood runs through her veins. Her battle skills are hardly needed in this modern age, however. Instead, she runs the Fox Burrow Pet Inn with her human, Spencer, and her assistant, Skunk, a mentally negligible Pomeranian. Together, they’ve created a safe haven for their four-legged guests.
But when Eddy Line, a handsome baker from California, comes to the inn—along with his piglet and pit bull puppy—everything changes. Spencer, who’s been happily single until now, falls for him, and Bijou is unhappy with the sudden changes to her clan. The townspeople, too, are anything but welcoming, and anonymous threats are made against Eddy when he buys the town’s beloved old firehouse in order to open a bakery.
When a shocking murder/dognapping occurs on the night of the bakery’s grand opening, Bijou finds herself thrust into a tangled mystery, and she must summon her inner Viking and fight tooth and claw for her new clan.
