02077cam a2200313 i 4500 2842888190 TxAuBib 20260818120000.0 251221s2026||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781662542978 1662542976 9781662539947 pbk. 1662539940 pbk. TxAuBib rda Judd, Kristin, author. A heartbeat at my feet : a novel / Kristin Judd. New York : Little A, 2026. 274 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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. 20260818. Dogs Fiction. Friendship Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Infidelity Fiction. Italy Fiction.