The Guardian

This has gotta be the best Nicholas Sparks book I've read so far. Not only was it a phenomenal love story, it was a killer suspense thriller! (Hey, that rhymed.)
It's the story of Julie, who has just gotten over the death of her husband and is ready to start dating again. She and her overprotective dog from her dead husband, Singer, are looking for love. So Julie goes out with Richard. There are chapters from Richard's point of view in here too, and when it's his turn in the story, you can tell that something's not right about him. He just doesn't sound A-okay. Julie sees that too, and breaks it off with him. She finally "sees the light" and goes out with her exhusband's best friend Mike, and they're immediately deeply in love. And Singer the dog likes Mike too, so he has to be good. But Richard isn't through yet. He wants Julie, and he'll do anything to get her. Including getting rid of Singer and Mike. Suddenly he's stalking Julie, and the police just won't listen... until things get really bad. But by then it might be too late.
This book also reminds me of Kissed by an Angel series. It has the whole "guardian from beyond the grave, true love lasts forever but you have to move on if it did too" thing going on because Julie is conflicted between mourning her husband or going out with Mike, and she might find help in the most unexpected places.
I loved this book. Now I'm gonna go force Cara to read it.