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June 30, 2026

REVIEW: Days of Sun and Shadow by India Hayford

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews19th century / family drama / family relationships / Historical fiction / horses / saga / Southern Gothic / women's rights / Womens-Fiction2 Comments

Born into tragedy but gifted with a powerful connection to the natural world, a resilient young woman comes of age amid the wild beauty of early-1800s Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas in this incandescent, hauntingly moving epic about home, horses, human connection, and the transcendent awe of nature … Alabama, 1813: ... more >

February 19, 2026

Review: Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey

SiriusA Review Category / A- Reviews / B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Recommended Reads1940s / England / horses / Suspense12 Comments

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In this tale of mystery and suspense, a stranger enters the inner sanctum of the Ashby family posing as Patrick Ashby, the heir to the family’s sizable fortune. The stranger, Brat Farrar, has been carefully coached on Patrick’s mannerism’s, appearance, and every significant detail of Patrick’s early life, up to ... more >

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January 26, 2023

Jayne’s Mostly Non-fiction Book Reading List

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews / DNF Reviews / Reading Listsanimals / bad-boy-romance / biology / Contemporary / female doctor / horses / Indian American / non-fiction / paleontology / POC / tv show / veterinarian2 Comments

Never Trust a Sneaky Pony: And Other Things They Didn’t Teach Me in Vet School by Madison Seamans DVM James Herriot meets Jeff Foxworthy in the real-life adventures of a traveling horse doctor. Climb into the truck alongside large animal vet Dr. Madison Seamans and race to the aid of ... more >

long short of two people riding horses on an open plain under a stormy sky
August 22, 2019

REVIEW: Unbreak Me by Michelle Hazen

KaetrinBook 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 >

December 28, 2018

REVIEW: A Rancher’s Bride by Vivian Arend

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsCanada / Contemporary / friends-to-lovers / horses / ranch2 Comments

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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 >

July 27, 2017

REVIEW: Come Sundown by Nora Roberts

KaetrinB Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsabduction / cowboy / horses / Montana / romantic-suspense19 Comments

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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 >

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