ABOUT A DOG

 

I recently shared about Luanna Rugh’s book, Up in Flames, in which a scarlet macaw plays a major role. She has another with a dog in a central role in Love From the Sea.

Two strangers find a near-drowned puppy buried in seaweed on the beach. They rescue him together and name him Sandy. Amber Winslow wants to keep him. However, pets are not allowed in her apartment. Wyatt Andrews has a home with a kennel, but his hours are not conducive to meeting the injured pup’s schedule requirements for recovery. They decide to compromise. Both will care for Sandy together. Over the weeks and months of Sandy’s recovery, will Amber and Wyatt find love along with their love of the puppy?

In this book, Sandy, the dog, contributes to the narrative from a personal standpoint.

We spent a delightful day at the beach with Luanna’s dog, Gina, shooting photos for the cover.

Not long afterward, Gina passed away. Luanna was delighted that Gina will be forever honored as the cover model for this book.

If you enjoy sweet romance with humor, you will love this book.

LUANNA RUGH was born and raised on a dairy in Central California. She always loved animals, cats and dogs, cows and horses, not to mention the many wild animals living in the area. At ten, she decided she wanted to become a high school biology teacher.

Her family moved to Southern California the year she entered high school. Luanna followed her path in college until the summer of 1966. She worked at a local restaurant where she met the love of her life, Len Rugh. They were married in February of 1967. A year and a half later, Len was drafted and sent to Vietnam where he was critically wounded, but that’s another story.

When Len returned to California, she finished school and earned two teaching credentials in 1984.

At age fifty-seven, she discovered she could write when she co-authored the first of the six books in the Aspen Grove Romance Anthologies. She contributed to all six of them.

After she and Len published their award-winning memoir, Promises Kept: How One Couple’s Love Survived Vietnam, she decided to stretch her wings, and write on her own. She loves writing animals as supporting characters. In Love From the Sea, a dog plays a major role. In Up in Flames, another dog and a scarlet macaw are lead characters.

Her books are available in paperback and Kindle editions. Most are also available as audiobooks.

She hopes you enjoy reading them as much as she loved writing them.