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    Rescued by Love
    Rescued by Love
    Rescued by Love
    Ebook53 pages48 minutes

    Rescued by Love

    By Deirdre O’Dare

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    With his life torn apart by tragedy, Garrett finds a true lifesaver in the Golden Retriever pup, Mandy, that he rescues from a local shelter. Inspired by the heroic search and rescue teams he sees on television, he and Mandy become a trained SAR team. Their first big challenge comes when a series of violent storms with vicious tornadoes rip through the high plains.

    Dan has come home from Iraq shattered by the horrors he witnessed. Like his father and grandfather before him, he takes off on an old motorcycle to try to find peace and outrun his nightmares. Instead he finds a storm that almost takes his life.

    Lucky for him, a special SAR team comes to his rescue. In Mandy and Garrett he just might find the unconditional love he needs to become whole again.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJMS Books LLC
    Release dateMar 16, 2019
    ISBN9781634867603
    Rescued by Love
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    Deirdre O’Dare

    Deirdre writes gay romance channeling a prior life’s gay male twin she calls Danny. Fascinated by love’s diverse shades and guises, she explores and experiences a range of attachments. She still believes in happily ever after, that Love is the One True Thing and genuine Love is never wrong. For more information, visit deirdredares.blogspot.com.

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      Rescued by Love - Deirdre O’Dare

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      Prologue

      Durango, Coloradl

      Autumn, 2006

      Warm, gentle pressure on his knee called Garrett Turner out of the blinding fog of despair. He looked down into Mandy’s glowing amber eyes, letting her love lead him into the sunshine once more. She always knew when he was starting to sink into depression. Every time it happened, she came to lead him back to solid emotional ground.

      What would I do without you, girl? He stroked her head with a tender hand before scratching behind her ears the way she liked. You’re my rescuer. I didn’t rescue you—you’ve rescued me. Mandy had been with him almost six months now. He could no longer imagine life without her.

      He still didn’t know what had led him to the local animal shelter one day early last spring. At the time it had felt like some outside entity simply took charge, dragging him out of his house and the bleak ruins of his life. Lord knew he’d needed something. The minute he entered the long kennel building housing female dogs, Mandy spotted him. Within a few heartbeats, her attention focused his gaze on her.

      A ragged, gawky, half-grown pup about six months old, she didn’t look promising. In spite of that, they both recognized she was the one he was meant to take. If there was such a thing as love at first sight, it sprang to life in a moment between the broken, lonely man and the homeless, abandoned young dog.

      Garrett took her home the same day, the first dog he’d owned since childhood. He named her Mandy after a favorite song from his parents’ generation. The tawny pup gave him a purpose, a reason to get out of bed every morning, and by gradual steps, a new lease on life.

      He’d been just short of twenty when a drunk driver had hit his parents’ car head-on, killing them both instantly. A bitter irony, they’d been out to celebrate their twenty-second anniversary that night. Since the twins were only twelve, he gave up college plans midway through to stay home and serve as their surrogate dad. Even if it wasn’t always easy, he really believed the results would make his efforts worthwhile. They were slated to graduate from college with honors. Meanwhile his website design business kept him occupied and supplemented the insurance his parents had left for the family’s support.

      Then the unthinkable happened. Coming back from a ski trip with friends, an avalanche had swept the twins’ SUV off the road. By the time the storm ended, allowing the dirty snow covering the vehicle to melt, it was too late. Jason, Janice, and two of their friends were dead. Afterwards, Garrett didn’t live. He merely existed until Mandy came into his life.

      Now nearing a year old, Mandy had grown into a beautiful dog. Most of her ancestry had to be Golden Retriever. In fact, she could easily pass for a purebred Golden. She was one fine-looking dog, and her fierce, courageous heart and loving loyalty outshone her physical beauty.

      Yep, you were my rescuer, baby girl. Mandy leaned against his leg, her eyes blissfully half-shut as he located and scratched every single itchy spot around her head that she couldn’t quite reach.

      Rescuer. The word echoed in his mind. Mandy was a very smart dog with strong retrieving instincts and great eagerness to please. Rescue. Search and rescue. What if?

      With a sudden burst of energy and enthusiasm, the first real fire-in-the-belly feeling he’d had in months, Garrett crossed the room to his computer. He typed rescue dogs into the search box. For the next twenty-four hours he submerged himself in study of the fascinating subject.

      He shed tears over the heroic dogs who’d died searching out victims in Oklahoma City and at the Twin Towers. He rejoiced over lost children found and survivors dug from ruins. There was no doubt in his mind. Mandy could learn to do this. Then it would be up to him to learn how to work with her.

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