Today on Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday, I’m sharing ten sentences from my untitled contemporary romance. While hibernating the winter in a beach house Josh is being paid to remodel, the former K9 handler is befriended by a service puppy in training and her owner.
Josh has finished his work on the house for the day while playing sitter for the pup, Sky, is sacked out in front of the fire place when she returns and Josh has just invited her to stay dinner after he
“Has she been under your feet all day?” she asked sitting at the bar.
The devoted look of love she gave Sky made his heart ache. She’d have to give up the dog and he knew that hurt. Sky had climbed up on the sofa and napped with him after lunch. Normally he didn’t stop but to eat, but she relaxed him and he hadn’t slept that well the last couple of nights. “She’s sweet and it’s like she knows how much I miss my dog.”
“Did he or she pass away?” she asked with kind eyes.
“He was my K9 in the army.” He turned back to the pot, before continuing, “During the attack on our base, I went down and another handler took him to safety. The bird flew me out before I could say goodbye…
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Dani Jace. Romance Author 
Another layer to the story–and a good one. I really hope he gets his dog back! Good snippet, Dani!
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Thanks Teresa! He’s going to have to learn to trust again and it may not be easy.
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You hit me where it hurts, Dani, with war and loss. At last his story begins to reveal his inner turmoil. Beautiful.
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Thanks Charmaine. Both of them have some issues from their past they will have to overcome before they can form a real relationship.
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Another excellent excerpt. I always admire people who raise service dogs, knowing they’ll have to give them up.
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I need Josh to be able to get his partner back. He’s sucking me in with the vulnerable hero appeal 🙂 Great snippet.
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Ahh the conflict. Glad he’s sucking you in 😉
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I’m glad you didn’t kill off the dog. I’ve gathered that is an unforgivable sin for an author!
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Oh yeah, Ed. Never would I kill off a dog or another pet. They did it in the movie “Riddick” and I’ll never watch the movie again.
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Great scene, Dani! My heart aches for him.
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Thanks Carolyn!
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It’s amazing how these amazing animals know when a human is hurting. Wonderful snippet, Dani and thank you for the warm welcome for my first week of WeWriWa.
Cheers! 🙂
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Think you’ll find the authors supportive and friendly.
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Both of them care so much, and yet… they talk circles around each other. I do hope they can connect soon.
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