Dog, A Human's Best Friend

Darling Hubby and I were making a list of dog names the other day.

Sadly, not because we were going to adopt one. Our present lifestyle makes having another canine companion impossible.

{Big sigh.} I miss having a dog. Since I can’t have one in real life, I’ve begun creating dog characters in the books I write.

I have 4 romances to write in the next few months, and I’m happy to say each story will have a dog.

It’s as much fun creating a dog character as it is populating a fictional world with people. The first time I wrote a dog character was in Last Christmas, Book 1 of Small Town Texas Romance.

Meet Friday

A young dog that’s part Blue Healer and part something else was rescued from the side of a Texas road and taken to the vet clinic in New Estacado, the fictional town that features prominently in the Small Town Texas Romance series.

He was christened Friday by the volunteers at the clinic because that was the day of the week when he was rescued.

Injured and frightened by the rough start he had in life, he’s healed but limps because of the damage to one of his legs, and he’s skittish around people.

Like Annabelle, the heroine of Last Christmas, he’s slow to trust, but Rick Lassiter, the new police chief in town is just as determined to befriend the dog as he is determined to win Annabelle back.

About Last Christmas, Book 1 of Small Town Texas Romance

A love story that’s not just for Christmas.

Last Christmas, Annabelle fell in love at first sight with a mysterious stranger.

After a week of unforgettable passion, he walked out of her life.

A year of heartache, accompanied by the dirty tricks life can serve up, finds Annabelle back in her hometown, determined to forget the man who still haunts her dreams.

Who should walk into her grandmother’s Christmas party? Why the man who seduced her, lied to her, and betrayed her! He has a new name and a new identity, but his effect on her is as old as time.

Rick Lassiter wants to woo Annabelle back to him.

Unfortunately, he has two big problems. He can’t explain the past, and the sweet-tempered, passionate woman he fell in love with has a will as strong as his and a desire to make him pay for breaking her heart.

Fortunately, Rick meets Friday, and everything works out, but it might have turned out differently without Friday.

Takeaway Truth

I like what Will Rogers said about dogs. “If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” ~ Will Rogers