Emily March has long been a favorite of mine, both for the historical and romantic suspense novels she wrote as Geralyn Dawson and the wonderful, heartfelt contemporaries she's now writing as Emily March. But, beyond the books, she's also a woman I admire for her work on behalf of homeless animals. (For more information about Emily and the work she does with animals, read my interview with her here.) If you read her Eternity Springs series, you'll see her love of animals shining through in the rescue dogs that play an important part in the stories she writes.
This month, as legions of college basketball fans gear up for the NCAA Tournament, also known as March Madness, Emily is hosting her own version of March Madness. Partnering with some of her writing buddies (Christina Dodd, Karen Hawkins, Kristan Higgins, Jayne Ann Krentz, Susan Mallery, Teresa Medeiros, Lori Wilde and more), Emily will give away one book each day from March 1 - 31. At the end of the month, one name will be drawn to receive a $500 donation to the animal rescue organization of their choice. Emily will also make a $500 donation to Legacy Boxer Rescue in Dallas/Ft. Worth, the organization for whom she fosters dogs.
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Tell me about the animals in your life. Are they rescues? Did you choose them or did they choose you, like my two did? One randomly chosen person leaving a comment will receive a signed copy of Heartache Falls, the third book in Emily March's Eternity Springs series.
LOVER'S LEAP
Eternity Springs - Book 4
By Emily March
Publisher: Random House
Release Date: December 27, 2012
Twenty years ago the town bad boy, Cam Murphy, left Eternity Springs in handcuffs, riding in the back of a sheriff’s van . . . and breaking young Sarah Reese’s heart. The defiant teenager vowed never to return.
In Australia, Cam makes a new beginning. He builds a successful business and suffers few regrets until Sarah—and their daughter—walk into his life, and then immediately run away. Realizing it’s time to right yesterday’s wrongs, he follows Sarah home to Colorado—and turns her world upside down.
Cam wants to know his daughter. He needs to prove to Sarah, the town, and himself that he’s changed. Will the residents of Eternity Springs offer forgiveness—and will Sarah have the courage to trust this man who is asking for a second chance?
~PJ
In Australia, Cam makes a new beginning. He builds a successful business and suffers few regrets until Sarah—and their daughter—walk into his life, and then immediately run away. Realizing it’s time to right yesterday’s wrongs, he follows Sarah home to Colorado—and turns her world upside down.
Cam wants to know his daughter. He needs to prove to Sarah, the town, and himself that he’s changed. Will the residents of Eternity Springs offer forgiveness—and will Sarah have the courage to trust this man who is asking for a second chance?
~PJ
I love Emily March's books too. From cover to cover. The animals throughout my whole seemed to be strays or given by other people because they were moving & could not take the pet for one reason or another. I must say the strays could be a tad feral.
ReplyDeleteMarybelle, sounds like animals know you've a good house to land in. Some of those strays take a lot of work, don't they?
DeleteI registired for the contest earlier this month. If I win the donation to an animal shelter it's going to Secondhand Hounds! It's the dog rescue organization that Connie Brockway's daughter runs and I have been a suppoter of it in the past. I only wish I could do more.
ReplyDeleteSecondhand Hounds is a good organization. There are so many good rescue groups out there. I think we all wish we could do more.
DeleteI love the sound of Lover's Leap, can't wait to read it.
ReplyDeleteAll of the animals in my life have been rescues from a pound or strays. The ones from the pound I chose, the strays chose me. Right now I only have the one cat Valentino, yes, he is a lover and does something I have never seen a cat do in all of my sixty years. When you pick him up he will literally turn in your arms back down like a baby and offer you his midline. I have never seen a cat willingly offer it's belly or throat. He will jump on my lap and wiggle around until he his laying on his back. He is spoiled rotten. When I get home he races me to the kitchen to get his treat and "talks" to me quite firmly if he doesn't think I am moving fast enough.
Dianna, Emily March has really found her niche with the books in the Eternity Springs series. LOVER'S LEAP (book #4) is a wonderful read, as are the books that precede it. I highly recommend them all!
DeleteI have a huge smile thinking of your Valentino this morning. What a wonderful friend to have!
I usually get my dogs from a shelter but my daughter Angelique worked with this lady who had 4 dogs and 2 had puppies so we got Lady who is now 6 and we were at Petsmart and they had an adoption we liked one dog but she was kind of crazy so we brought Lady back and saw this puppy that was 4 mo old and he stole my heart we named him Rocky ( I wanted the name Murphie) he is going to be a big boy about 80 pounds of love he is a lap dog I don't know how to tell him he is getting too big for my lap..lol
ReplyDeleteLOL! I have one of those big lap dogs too. If your Rocky is anything like my Rachel, you can save your breath trying to convince him he's not a lap dog. Not gonna work!
DeleteI would love to adopt a pet one day, most likely a puppy or dog. I'm going to do so when I am ready to devote my time and provide it with the care it deserves. I think they can bring a lot of happiness to a person's life just by being them. My family has saved a few animals who came into our lives. Once we found an injured bird in our driveway and nursed it back to health. He's still around and we can tell it's him by the slight limp as he hops about and eat the food we leave for it :)
ReplyDeleteNa, if more people had your attitude we wouldn't have so many dogs and cats in shelters. Pets are wonderful to have but they do deserve our time and attention. Kudos to you for knowing that. When you are ready, the right dog will be out there waiting for you.
DeleteOur dog is named bear and he's a Chorkie. I am not much of a dog-lover, but tolerate him. He is definitely my husband's dog, though, when he's home, even though Bear is really our daughter's dog. The rest of us are, so to speak, chopped liver when the DH is around.
ReplyDeleteOne of my students has a teddy bear dog and asked if we wanted a puppy. Of course, Shary said yes, but, surprisingly, my husband said no. Ooooh, talk about the tears! Shary really thought he would say yes.
Isn't it funny how dogs choose one member of the family to "belong" to them? The first pet my late dh and I got together was a puppy. I picked him out and we had decided he would be my responsibility. Dh had never had a pet and wasn't that crazy about getting one (basically caved to my never-ending pleading...lol). Well, from day one, that dog gave his heart to my husband. He loved me too but it was clear he had decided who was top dog, so to speak. Took the dh about a week to give his heart back. Those two were inseparable for 15 years.♥
DeleteHave to ask. What's a teddy bear dog?
Oops, Bear...
ReplyDeleteWell, PJ, it is a cross between a shih tzu and a bichon frise. It's the puppy/dog on the pet commercial that looks like a stuffed animal.
ReplyDeleteOh, I bet it's adorable!
DeleteOops, the breed is right, but my daughter tells me the puppy on the commercial is a pomeranian.
ReplyDeletePoms are cute. My aunt and uncle have an adorable one. Loves to sit and pose for me. ;-)
DeleteHi Emily I never have any animal yet but my grandma rescues 20 stray dogs and keep them from being put into a shelter dog place :), arethazhenATrocketmailDOTCOM
ReplyDeleteI hope your grandma was able to find good homes for them. That's a lot of dogs! :)
Deletehi PJ, she actually keep all of them until they all died. She did that when she was young around 24. She started to rescue when she was 22 years old up until she was 46 years old. My granny is one truly remarkable lady:). aretha zhen
DeleteThe last dog in our family was one we rescued. Suzie was so special to us. We lost her in October, after 17 years together. When we’re ready, we’ll look to pet rescue/adoption again.
ReplyDelete(((Hugs))) It's so hard to lose our pets, especially when they've been with us for so many years. It took me awhile to come around to getting another dog after losing my beloved Smokey. She was with me for 13 years. When I was ready, Rachel was there waiting for me at a local Rescue. Cassy (another rescue) was already part of the family.
DeleteMy family has 2 Dalmatians-- sisters named Star and Phoenix. We got them shortly after losing our Domino (also a Dal) of 10 years. I wouldn't trade Star and Pheeny for anything. :)
ReplyDeleteI love Dalmatians!
Deletewe had a dog that we adopted.
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What kind was it? All of my dogs have been adopted and as my late dh always said, "They never asked for our pedigree so we didn't ask for theirs!" :)
DeleteIt was a cocker spaniel.
DeleteThis is a fabulous read like the rest of this series.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Quilt Lady! It's a wonderful series and I'm happily looking forward to NIGHTINGALE WAY, due out August 28th.
DeleteI don't really have an animal in my life right now (other than the critters I feed in the backyard & neighbor dogs), but I keep checking out the pictures of the dogs at the shelter - when one "speaks to me" maybe I'll take the plunge.
ReplyDeleteOur house has had animals for most of our 39 years of marriage and our children have followed suit. We have always had rescue pets. Our first dog and cat were from a farm and the pound. We have had a variety of dogs from the shelters plus the ones that have just shown up and stayed. We did foster care for the local animal shelter for several years. We kept a dog from the first litter and one from the last. The first was a lab mix and an absolute sweetheart. We just had to have her put down and it broke our hearts. She would have been 16 on April 1st. The other is a terrier mix who is 11. We currently have two cats - one showed up the week we kept the lab and the other is a rescue. We have a ball python who is a rescue and 11 peacocks who are also rescues. We need to find homes for them. (anybody want some?) The pen they are in was supposed to be our chicken coop. Our other dog is a pit bull that is our son's. One daughter has a cat and the other has a zoo. They have an emu, llamas, a pig, goats, sheep, cow, horse, chickens, ducks, dogs, cats, gerbils, rabbits, and a frog. We would be lost without our pets.
ReplyDeleteI have HUMMINGBIRD LAKE sitting on my TBR pile at the moment. Hope I can get to it soon.
I just saw this. Last week life got a little crazy because my mother was hospitalized and schedules flew out the window. Thank you so much for the shout out!
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