Book Reviews / C- ReviewsContemporary / horses / Hurricane Katrina / interracial-romance / Montana / New-Orleans / sexual-assault2 Comments
CW: Sexual assault, and scenes of remembered trauma and death from Hurricane Katrina, racism. Dear Michelle Hazen, I was attracted to Unbreak Me because it promised to be angsty and it was; but I wonder if my relationship with angsty reads is cooling. Because my reaction to this book wasn’t ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsCanada / Contemporary / friends-to-lovers / horses / ranch2 Comments
Dear Vivian Arend, Luke Stone, the third brother of the Stones of Heart Falls, and Kelli James, senior hand at Silver Stone ranch, have been dancing around each other for a while. It’s obvious to everyone else but Luke is oblivious to it, at least on a conscious level. Kelli ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviewsanimals / autobiography / cats / dogs / First-Person / horses / non-fiction / veterinarianComments Off on REVIEW: Drinking from the Trough by Mary E. Carlson, DVM
Mary Carlson didn’t start out to become a veterinarian, let alone the owner and caretaker of cats (many), dogs (two, both huskies), and horses (some with manners, some without) in Colorado. She was a suburban Chicago girl; all she knew of the American West came from the stories her uncle, ... more >
B Reviews / Recommended Readsabduction / cowboy / horses / Montana / romantic-suspense19 Comments
Note to readers: All the trigger warnings Dear Nora Roberts, Your annual stand-alone romantic suspense novels are auto-buys for me. Come Sundown is your latest release. It is definitely a suspense story and there are two romantic threads as well as a sniff of another one but I found the ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewshorses / non-fiction / Sports / Young-Adult1 Comments
When Victoria meets Moonshine, an ex-racehorse saved from the slaughterhouse and abuse, she despairs at having to ride such a difficult horse. The pair compete in dressage, a sport that tests the unity of horse and rider as they engage in what can only be called dancing. They compete against ... more >
B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Recommended Readshorses / thriller/suspence25 Comments
Steeplechase jockey Christmas “Kit” Fielding has had more than his share of close calls both on and off the course. But trouble hits close to home when a grudge between his family and his sister’s in-laws turns into a blood feud. Review: Dear readers, I’ve always loved to reread my ... more >