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by Kat Latham
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\"\"A couple of weeks ago, I had a dream about my parents\u2019 dog, Gina. In my dream, she was no longer an elderly, arthritic, deaf, incontinent, grumpy mutt with only one eye (and it blind). She transformed into the enthusiastic puppy she\u2019d been when I first bought her for my parents to help my dad get over his grief at our other dog\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

I knew when I woke up that Gina was gone. My parents called several hours later to break the news. Because of the time difference between where I live (London) and where they live (southern California), there\u2019s a good chance I dreamt of Gina as she was falling into her final sleep.<\/p>\n

Gina was brilliant, and I\u2019m not just saying that because I loved her. She was the smartest dog I\u2019ve ever seen and fiercely protective of her family\u2014not always a good trait, but it did come in handy when I was walking her once and a strange man kept trying to approach me despite my warnings that I didn\u2019t want him to come any closer.<\/p>\n

Her personality was as distinctive as any of my other family members\u2019\u2014that is to say, very <\/em>distinctive. Perhaps because of the bond I formed with Gina, I love when animals feature in novels. I don\u2019t just mean when a hero or heroine owns a cat\/dog\/parrot\/monkey\/fill-in-the-attention-grabbing-pet-here. I mean when a pet is so well developed that they become a character themselves.<\/p>\n

\"\"My all-time favorite animal character in a romance novel is Hairy, the Chinese Crested from Take a Chance on Me by Susan Donovan<\/a>. He\u2019s so integral to the plot that he has his own point of view\u2014the cute little guy thinks of the hero as Big Alpha and the heroine as Soft Hands. He even solves a murder.<\/p>\n

Hairy is as clever a foil for the hero as the heroine is. The hero, Thomas, is a rugby-playing lawyer who works with a special team of cops targeting people who\u2019re trying to hire hit men. Hairy is a six-pound, shivering, nearly hairless pedigree dog who wears a maxi-pad because he pees when he\u2019s nervous. And he\u2019s often nervous.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s also lonely and traumatized, having seen his owner get murdered, and when he moves in with Thomas he instantly develops an attachment with Thomas\u2019s boxers.<\/p>\n

One of my favorite scenes is when Thomas succumbs to Hairy\u2019s cries and takes him out of the cage he\u2019s been sleeping in, allowing him to sleep with Thomas instead. And Hairy decides the most comfortable spot is Thomas\u2019s chest (really, who doesn\u2019t like to cuddle up against a big man\u2019s chest?).<\/p>\n

At that point, the circling began\u2014tight and fast little spins that went on and on until Hairy apparently thought he\u2019d rearranged Thomas\u2019s chest hair to perfection.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hairy plopped down with a sigh, dropping the pair of boxers next to Thomas\u2019s head. The dog curled up and managed to bury his pointy snout in the cozy hollow beneath Thomas\u2019s chin.<\/em><\/p>\n

Thomas lay perfectly still. He tried to relax his fists and breathe normally. He felt the dog\u2019s warm skin against his own and looked down his nose to watch the dog\u2019s shock of white Billy Idol hair rise and fall with each of his own breaths.<\/em><\/p>\n

This was plenty weird, Thomas realized, but not in a completely bad way. Just odd. Unusual. But not utterly awful. He tried to ignore the fact that he had an ugly dog sleeping on top of him and closed his eyes.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sometime during the night, Thomas begins having naughty dreams about his vet, Emma.<\/p>\n

At this point, Thomas began to surface from the bizarre dream world to a waking state, pulled along by the most outrageously delicious physical sensation he\u2019d ever experienced. Emma\u2014sweet, soft, sexy, unbearably female Emma\u2014was nibbling on his unshaven face, giving little fleabites to the tiny hairs growing along his jaw, moving to the stubble on his upper lip, heading toward his mouth for what promised to be a hot, passionate kiss\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Thomas woke with a shout, staring into the bug-eyes of the mutant.<\/em><\/p>\n

Whoa, relax, Big Alpha! We need to get you together with Soft Hands\u2014and soon.<\/p>\n

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Hairy yawned.<\/em><\/p>\n

I slept great. How about you?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Susan Donovan<\/strong><\/em> develops Hairy so well that I bonded with him as much as the other characters.<\/p>\n

Do you have a favorite animal from a novel? What does it take to make an animal a successful character? Comment and enter to win a copy of Jill Shalivis’s<\/a><\/em> THE SWEETEST THING!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kat Latham<\/strong> has been reading romance for a couple of decades. With degrees in English lit and human rights, she loves stories that reflect the depth, humor and emotion of real life. When she\u2019s not writing contemporary romance novels, she can usually be found blogging or tweeting overly personal information. She loves meeting other readers and writers online, so follow her on Twitter<\/a> or check out her blog<\/a> and say hello!<\/p>\n\n

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