Take one abrasive professional athlete, a quirky out-of-work schoolteacher, and an overweight geriatric dog, and you’re ready for a lesson in love…Tippy style.
Pro baseball pitcher Cal Crawford is not a dog guy. When he inherits his deceased mother’s elderly dog, Tippy, he’s quick to call on a pet-sitting service.
Gina isn’t thrilled to be a dog sitter when her aspirations lie in the classroom. Furthermore, she can’t abide the unfriendly Cal, a man with all the charm of a wet towel. But with no other prospects and a deep love for all things canine, she takes the job caring for Tippy.
As Gina travels through Cal’s world with Tippy in tow, she begins to see Cal in a different light. Gina longs to show Cal the God-given blessings in his life that have nothing to do with baseball or fame. When her longing blooms into attraction, Gina does her best to suppress it. But Cal is falling in love with her too…
Discover the charming story of Tippy, the dog who brought a family together.
At the beginning of Sit, Stay, Love I wasn’t sure how much love I’d be offering to Tippy’s handler and owner – but this furry ball of fun soon changed my mind.
Gina is a colorful woman with big dreams. Life hasn’t always gone her way, and learning difficulties stemming from her troubled birth still give her problems today. Despite her issues, she’s passionate about animals and people and as big of a dreamer as she is a hard worker. She always sees the best in the people she meets.
Cal isn’t quite so perky. After losing his mother, he’s hanging onto his love for baseball even harder – only he’s not playing as well as he used to and he’s all alone.
Tippy is a rather zany dog with a penchant for doing what’s least expected. Somehow she’s always in the center of trouble, and that means a circus for the humans in her life. While most people would set her aside, Gina’s caring and Cal’s pain create opportunities for relationship amidst the craziness of caring for Tippy.
That’s one of the best lessons about the book – about the importance of people. Gina takes people as they come and enjoys the best parts of them. She prioritizes relationships and works hard to keep them that way. Cal is the exact opposite but comes to realize just how lonely that life is. Our busy modern lives keep us separate and apart. Too often we’re like Cal when we should be living like Gina. Tippy reminds us of this.
Gina’s big heart is the other.
I love how she opens her heart and her life to everyone. She doesn’t keep a barrier between her self and those who appear different from her, opening herself only to those who are ‘like’ her. Instead, she seems happy to hang out with anyone, and isn’t that the message of the Gospel? That no one of us is better than another?
I received a free copy of this book from LitFuse Publicity in exchange for an honest review.
