Kristan Higgins does them so
well. Marion Lennox always has a fluffy
- or feathered, or scaled - critter in
her books. The way a character treats
their animal friends says so much about who they are.
I was halfway through writing HER
HOTTEST SUMMER YET when Hull bounded onto the
page. I was editing an earlier scene
when Jonah - the hero - looked down and there he was. A dog.
It went just like this: And
from nowhere a huge dog joined him—shaggy and mottled with deep liquid eyes
that glanced back at her a moment, before turning back into the sun.
I never meant for Hull to
appear. Never plotted out a character
arc for a dog. Never thought my lone
wolf hero needed one. But then Hull…just…was.
I loved Jonah before Hull was in his
life. I mean, the man’s gorgeous. He’s a big, buff, gruff Aussie bloke who
works with his hands. He’s fit,
athletic, sun-browned, and basically heaven sent. So says the heroine at first glance: What
with that handsome brown face all covered in stubble. And those shoulders—so
big, so broad. Those tight dark curls that made a girl want to reach out and
touch. And the chest she’d had her hands all over when he’d pulled her out of
the ocean, all muscle and golden skin and more dark curling hair. In fact there
was plenty about him that made a girl want to touch….
Yum, right?
Add a dog - and not just any dog but
a big wolf dog Jonah had found washed up on the beach as a teeny tiny little
puppy, likely the lone survivor of a litter left to drown - and I was
smitten. Gooey. Gone.
And when Hull – deathly afraid of
the water, and wouldn’t you be if you’d been left there to die? – decided that
Jonah was his person, that he’d follow him to the edges of the ocean itself he
adored the man that much, well then that was the end of me.
My hero now has a dog. And his name is Hull. And I love him.
Ally (#TeamHull)
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5 comments:
I love dogs. They can have such a range of personality.
dogs are sweet. LOVED!!! Second Chance Honeymoon!
I love dogs in real life and reading about them as secondary "characters" makes the story that much more fun :) Thanks for sharing and congrats on the new release!
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Oh yeah. It makes it more fun and heartwarming.
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