A little extra from Sean Michael, all about pets.

Thank you for having me here today to help celebrate the release of Three To Get Ready, a Mannies Incorporated novel.

In Three to Get Ready, Nathan and Jack have no pets. While a lot of that is because Nathan can’t see, that’s also a reason why, in the future, they would possibly get a dog. A guide dog would help Nathan be more independent when he got older. It really is amazing how much guide dogs help out in the people’s everyday lives.

I didn't have any pets growing up – I am allergic to anything with fur. I always wanted a dog or a cat, but I never could have one.

After moving out, I lived in a house with roommates who had cats, and I did okay, so I got a cat too. Grumpy by name and grumpy by nature, she was a little spitfire who always loved me best. The feeling was mutual.

Then I got a dog and I have to say, there’s something special about an animal who is ecstatic to see you, whether you've been gone for hours, or only minutes because you forgot something. The dog never fails to let me know that he is so very happy that I am home. Or awake in the morning. Or feeding him. Or petting him.

I've had fish over the years, too. Fish don’t give a crap if you’re home or not and they prefer not to be petted.

Sean
Smut fixes everything

Too much sun!

Decided to spend some time outside in my nice, newly landscaped, garden and over did it. Luckily one can't over do reading and I managed to read another four stories yesterday. Plus I'm half way through the book I'm going to be reviewing for the August blog tour I spoke about. I am also going to interview one of the characters from the book so pop in on the 4th and see how I do on my virgin trek into blog tour country.

Meanwhile here are the stories I read yesterday:

Pets by Mychael Black 2*
BLURB: Ian Bishop, captain of Queen Raleen's flagship, is a prisoner of war. So to speak. Tired of the human queen hunting his race, the centaur king Terian Thunderhoof wages war on the humans.
When Ian surrenders, Terian claims the disillusioned captain for his own. Thrust into a new life vastly different than the one he'd had, Ian finds himself torn between worry about what happens when the novelty of a human pet wears off...and worry that he's falling in love.
My Review: Given that this only had 31 pages there was a fair amount of background information given but it was definitely not a very in depth story. It was a light and fluffy piece about a centaur and a human who go from centaur owning pet human to the pair being lovers. Not a book that really had as much to it as I had hoped.

Love's Landscape stories:

Don't Name the Puppy by R.D. Hero 4*

Undiluted by Dayton Idoni 4*

Until Next Time by Xara X Xanakas 3*