Native Californians, Len and Lu met while working together at a Bob's Big Boy restaurant. They had been married about a year when Len was drafted to serve in Vietnam. Their memoir is a moving account of Len's serious wounding and recovery. Visit their site here.

Len passed away on Dec 24 2022

Luanna passed away on March 5, 2025

For more stories by Luanna Rugh, see “ANTHOLOGIES”

What if a severely wounded Vietnam veteran discovers after thirty-one years that the platoon for whose death he believed he was responsible didn’t die? That soldier was Len Rugh, and Promises Kept: How One Couple's Love Survived Vietnam is the story of his recovery and of the love of a special couple that remained strong despite overwhelming odds.

Promises Kept is the winner of the 2010 EPIC Award for best nonfiction ebook of the year.

Love From the Sea by Luanna Rugh. Two strangers rescue a near-drowned puppy buried in seaweed on the beach. They name him Sandy. Amber can’t keep him. Wyatt has a place for him, but no time to care of a dog. They decide to share him. Will Amber and Wyatt find love together, along with their love of the puppy?

Up In Flames by Luanna Rugh. Nine-one-one. What is the nature of your emergency.”

“Our bird’s stuck in a tree.”

“Young man, this number is for human emergencies only.”

“It is. Honest, lady. My mom was trying to get our macaw down. Now her foot is caught, and she’s stuck in the tree, too.”

A young widow with a son in a new town, a bird in a tree, an unsympathetic fire captain - how can this lead to romance?