{"id":3238,"date":"2013-09-16T06:00:02","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T10:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/?p=3238"},"modified":"2013-09-18T07:03:15","modified_gmt":"2013-09-18T11:03:15","slug":"love-at-any-age-guest-post-with-fabulous-author-sheila-webster-boneham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/?p=3238","title":{"rendered":"Love at Any Age: Guest Post with Fabulous Author Sheila Webster Boneham"},"content":{"rendered":"

Love, Murder, and a Touch of Gray<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Sheila Webster Boneham<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Have you ever been surprised to learn that someone else is surprised by something that doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t surprise you at all? I was surprised to learn that a few people on the publishing end of my Animals in Focus Mystery series were surprised that my fifty-something protagonist had the hots for one slightly older hunk.<\/p>\n

Why shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t she? Janet MacPhail, my protagonist, doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t define herself by her birthdate. She has a thriving freelance business as a nature and animal photographer, and a thriving hobby training and showing her Australian Shepherd, Jay, in several canine sports. She runs, takes long walks, and hikes several times a week with her dog or her camera\u00e2\u20ac\u201dor both.\u00c2\u00a0 She plays with her bright little tabby, Leo. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s facing up to her mother\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dementia, her best friend\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s health issues, and, lately, the occasional murder. Why shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t she feel a few tingles when Tom Saunders, anthropologist and dog lover, strolls into her life?<\/p>\n

Not that Janet doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a few reservations about complicating her life. Her first husband left her wary of long-term commitments, and she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not interested in having to account for her actions to anyone but herself. And the critters, who do have certain expectations. Then again, it is nice to have someone around who understands her passion for her animals and her work. Tom does all that, and he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a great kisser to boot. He also passed the acid test\u00e2\u20ac\u201dJanet\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s animals love him, and his own black Labrador Retriever, Drake, worships him.<\/p>\n

One thing should be no surprised:\u00c2\u00a0 romance isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t any simpler just because the players are more mature. In fact, as Janet and Tom are learning, love at any age can be murder.<\/p>\n

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\"Money

The Money Bird<\/i><\/strong>, Animals in Focus Mystery #2<\/p>\n

For Janet MacPhail, photographing retrievers in training is the perfect way to spend an evening. But a photo session at Twisted Lake takes a peculiar turn as Drake, her friend Tom\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Labrador, fetches a blood-soaked bag holding an exotic feather and a torn one-hundred-dollar bill.<\/p>\n

When one of\u00c2\u00a0her photography\u00c2\u00a0students turns up dead at the lake, Janet investigates a secretive retreat center with help from Australian Shepherd Jay and her\u00c2\u00a0quirky neighbor Goldie. Between dog-training classes, photo assignments, and romantic interludes with Tom, Janet is determined to get to the bottom of things before another victim\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wings are clipped for good.<\/p>\n

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Sheila Webster Boneham <\/b>is the author of 17 nonfiction books, six of which have won major awards from the Dog Writers Association of America and the Cat Writers Association. She is also the author of Drop Dead on Recall<\/i>, the first in the Animals in Focus Mystery series. For the past two decades Boneham has been showing her Australian Shepherds and Labrador Retrievers in various canine sports. She has also bred top-winning Aussies, and founded rescue groups for Aussies and Labs. Boneham holds a doctorate in folklore and MFA in creative writing, and resides in Wilmington, N.C., with her husband Roger, Lily, their yellow Lab, and Sunny, their Golden Retriever.<\/p>\n

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Links:<\/p>\n

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Website & Blog: http:\/\/www.sheilaboneham.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Facebook:\u00c2\u00a0 http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sheilawrites<\/a><\/p>\n

Amazon:\u00c2\u00a0 http:\/\/amazon.com\/author\/sheilaboneham<\/a><\/p>\n

You can also order\u00c2\u00a0your personally autographed copy<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0from\u00c2\u00a0Pomegranate_Books<\/a> .<\/p>\n

\"Dustin&Annie\"

Love comes in many forms.\u00c2\u00a0My Australian Shepherd Dustin and Labrador Retriever Annie liked all the dogs and cats\u00c2\u00a0in the family, but theirs was a special relationship. Notice that they were holding hands in this photo, taken when they were both 12 years old. I imagine they are romping and cuddling together at the Rainbow Bridge.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Love, Murder, and a Touch of Gray By Sheila Webster Boneham   Have you ever been surprised to learn that someone else is surprised by something that doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t surprise you at all? I was surprised to learn that a few people on the publishing end of my Animals in Focus Mystery series were surprised that …<\/p>\n

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