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For Nina Askew, turning forty means freedomfrom the ex-husband whose career always came first, from their stuffy suburban home. Freedom to have her own apartment in the city, freedom to focus on what she wants for a change. And what she wants is something her ex always vetoeda puppy. A bouncy puppy to cheer her up. Instead she getsFred.Overweight, smelly and obviously suffering from some kind of doggy depression, Fred is light-years from perky. But for all his faults, he does manage to put Nina face-to-face with Alex Moore, her gorgeous, younger downstairs neighbor.Alex looks great on papera sexy, seemingly sane, surprisingly single E.R. doctor who shares Freds abiding love for Oreosbut a ten-year difference in age, despite his devastating smile, is too wide a gap for Nina to handle. Ignoring her insistent best friend, some interfering do-gooders and the ubiquitous Frednot to mention her suddenly raging hormonesNina thinks anyone but Alex would be a better bet for a relationship. But with every silver-haired stiff she dates, the more she suspects its the young dog-loving doctor she wants to sit and stay!