The Search (2010) (edit title/settings)

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• Fiona Bristow: Dog trainer. Female lead and love interest of Simon. She is called 'Fee' by those who know her. Heads and trains Canine Search and Rescue teams
• Simon Doyle: Wood artist and furniture designer; has an irrepressible puppy needing training
• Sylvia Bristow: Fiona's stepmother who runs Island Art, a boutique which carries Simon's work among other artists work
• Peck: Fiona's dog, trained for search and rescue dog, chocolate lab
• Newman: Fiona's dog, trained for search and rescue, yellow lab
• Bogart: Fiona's dog, Trained for search and rescue, black lab
• Jaws: Simon's lab/retriever puppy - boundless energy, enthusiasm, curiosity and courage
• Agent Don Tawney: FBI Special Agent assigned to the Perry case
• Agent Erin Mantz: FBI Agent working with Tawney
• Kati Starr: reporter
• George Perry: Incarcerated serial killer - The Red Scarf Killer
• Francis Xavier Eckle: Former teacher and Perry's student protege
• Ben Tyson: Sheriff of San Juan Island
• Julie Doyle: Simon's mother
• Davey: Orcas Island police officer and friend of Fiona
• Chuck: Orcas Island resident, friend of Fiona and married to Meg. Both part of Fiona's Canine Search and rescue team.
• Devin Cauldwell: Father of missing child, Hugh
• Rosie Cauldwell: Mother of missing child, Hugh
• Hugh Caldwell: Missing child lost in the woods
• Mai Funaki: Veterinarian and friend of Fiona, the field director of Fiona's Canine Search and rescue team.
• James: Fiona's friend from childhood, part of Fiona's Canine Search and rescue team as is Lori, his friend
• Meg: Orcas Island resident, friend of Fiona and married to Chuck, both part of Fiona's Canine Search and rescue team.

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• “You make me feel strong, capable, even ingenious because you see me that way. I haven't got you wrapped around my finger, Simon-far from it. And the fact is, I wouldn't want you there. But because there's this little part of you that worries I do, or I could, I feel I can take on anything that comes. Anything at all. I feel strong and sexy and capable and ingenious.”

  Fiona

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• One of the best things about dogs, to Fiona’s mind, was their absolute joy in welcoming you home, whether you’d been gone for five minutes or five days. There lay unconditional and boundless love.

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• Love’s always been a positive in my life.” She scooped some spaghetti onto his plate. “It adds and enhances and opens all sorts of possibilities. But I’m not stupid, and I know that if you can’t or don’t feel it for me, it’ll be painful. That’s a dilemma. I also know you can’t force love, or demand it. And I’ve already dealt with the worst. If you can’t or don’t love me, it’ll hurt. But I’ll get through it. Besides, maybe I’m wrong.”

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• “I work with dogs, and do one-on-ones with dogs and owners with behavioral problems—some of them fairly severe and violent. You can’t show fear—you can’t even feel it, because if you do it will show. You can’t let them get the upper hand, even for a minute. You don’t want to lose your temper, but always maintain the position of power. Alpha position.”

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• überoutgoing, the type who tended to touch or embrace in a kind of second nature, and looked good in jeans or work pants, sweatshirts or sweaters. He couldn’t think of a woman who fell into that subset ever attracting him

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• piquant the flavor once tasted. But his new self wanted more sly licks and nibbled bites before the end. He wanted to feast. To gorge. He wanted to sate himself on legacy.

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• Orcas Island WA

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Nora Roberts (Author)

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Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: 2009051090
• Dewey: 813.54

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Profanity.

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• Books › Romance › Authors, A-Z › ( R ) › Roberts, Nora
• Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States
• Books › Romance › Contemporary

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• Nora Roberts: Author's website

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