If you're a dog lover this story will make you laugh, cry, and want to read more. "Best of Breed An Extraordinary Rose" is an adult picture book that tells the true story of a little German Shepherd who changes he owner's life forever. It's an inspiring, interesting, an heartwarming story of courage and love, given and taken away.

The 1940's and 1050's in America; a time of war torn families and hardship. At the same time, it was a moonshine running, gangster killing, party land of lawlessness and sex, that dominated a generation. Catherine Jacobs was the product of a single parent family, when society wasn't accepting of such things. A young girl who quit school to go to work in the city before most girls had put down their dolls. Through a series of events she is unwittingly enveloped into the darkest folds of a violent gangster sub-culture. This is her story as it evolves and she tries to survive.