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Doggone Love by Deirdre O'Dare

Damon is a modern rancher, who leads his work all alone with only the help of his Australian Sheperd. Dixie, his favourite Aussie, has an accident and Damon takes her to his old good vet. But instead of him, he finds Eric, a young handsome vet.

Eric is a good vet and he is single. He thinks to himself as a bi, but he knows that his forever soul mate will be a man. And he knows to have found him in Damon.

Damon is alone, he lives like an hermit in his ranch. No woman could possibly accept to share his hard life and he will never be rich enough to change his life. So when Eric enters his world, he is disoriented, but his feelings are real and powerful.

Eric and Damon are two "ordinary" characters, not so beautiful, not so rich, not so perfect: two real men who want to share their life.

A very short story, enjoyable and smooth to read.

http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/DoggoneLove.html

Amazon Kindle: Doggone Love
Publisher: Amber Quill Press, LLC (September 26, 2007)

The Maltese Terror by Deirdre O'Dare

Nick is a city boy who happens to be lost in a snow storm in the mid of Colorado. He is rescued by Caleb, a lonely but very handsome rancher. They seem to have nothing in common apart their two dogs, Cedric, Nick's dog, a Maltese Terries, and Cheyenne, Caleb's dog, an Aussie Shepherd. The two dogs are as different as their owners, but they like each other and want their owners do the same.

Caleb is gay, but a lonely rancher, even if handsome has not many chances to meet the love. Nick is not gay, but he is attracted from Caleb and he really has no life in Philadelphia and maybe he can find true love in Colorado.

The story is very short, and for this reason is a rush: Deirdre O'Dare has not enough words to deal with the delicate aspect of the story, the trouble you have with two characters of different extraction, the new feelings of Nick, the choice Nick has to do to live with Caleb... but for a short story it is enjoyable and funny, Cedric and Cheyenne steal the scenes many times to their owners.

Sometimes I make compliments for the covers, in this case I have to advice Amber Allure to give a second thought to the cover's choice.

http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/MalteseTerror.html

Amazon Kindle: The Maltese Terror
Publisher: Amber Quill Press, LLC (April 22, 2008)

Saved by Sam by Deirdre O'Dare

Roy is a 30 years old doctor with some bad experiences in the near past (he has served as Navy medic in Iraq) and some more bad experiences in the long ago past of his adolescence. When he retires from the Navy, he seems not be able to start with his normal life again and accepts the help of a friend (a special friend, who sometimes could be also a willing bed partner) and a work as bartender.

But one night drug dealer enters his bar when he is alone and Craig, a cop, and Sam, his Belgian Malinois partner, rescue him, gaining both a gun wound. Roy tends them both and some weeks after Craig comes to him. Criag is a strong and somewhat aloof man, but seems to be pretty involved in Roy. And so they share an hot sexy night, but Roy has some special needs: to bear his past he has entwined sexual pleasure with the pain. Will Coby be up to satisky his need? Or will Roy learn that is not always necessary to feel pain if there is true love?

Another very short story, 40 pages, with a lot thrown in the melting pot. In this case Deirdre O'Dare manages to tell us all is needed, but still I have the feeling to be swept by a tornado: a lot of info in so few pages are really a blurr. Again I will like it to be a little longer.

http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/SavedBySam.html

Amazon Kindle: Saved By Sam
Publisher: Amber Quill Press, LLC (August 20, 2008)

Rescued By Love by Deirdre O'Dare

Rescued by Love is part of the Canine Cupid series by Deirdre O'Dare, a series of not linked books where the man best friend, the dog, is the cupid for two men.

Garrett is a lonely man: he has lost all his family, parents and brothers, in two different accidents, and he thinks to not having reason to live. Then one day, he feels the push to go to a dog shelter and adopted a stray dog; the choice is Mandy a six months mixed Golden Retriever. Mandy is a very good dog and since the beginning she demonstrates a particular propension to take care of people. So Garret decides to put in good use this ability, and enrolls both of them in a Search & Rescue program.

They first natural disaster, a tornado, ends with the rescue of Daniel, a war veteran running away from his bad past memories. Both Garrett than Daniel are alone, and since Daniel needs a place to recover, Garrett takes him in: it seems that Garrett is very good in taking in stray beings...

From friendship to love the step is short, even shorter since the book in only 40 pages long. But I think that in all the Canine Cupid series this is the best I read till now: the relationship between dog and owner is very tender and I think also real; having someone to take care when you have no reason to live, even if she is only a dog, is a good reason to wake up every morning. Since the book is soo short, there are not so many chance to know Garrett and Daniel, and to understand if, past their present problems, they will have a future together; maybe this is only a phase, even more since Garrett is at his first gay experience (I don't understand if it is the same for Daniel).

A fast and enjoyable reading.

http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/RescuedLove.html

Amazon Kindle: Rescued By Love
Publisher: Amber Quill Press, LLC (August 20, 2008)

Amazon: Canine Cupids
Paperback: 156 pages
Publisher: Amber Quill Press, LLC (April 10, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1602728844
ISBN-13: 978-1602728844

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