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Publisher:
Amber Quill Press |
Release
Date: June 2004 |
ISBN:
1592798446 |
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Format
Reviewed: Paperback |
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Genre:
Romantic Suspense [Contemporary California] |
Reviewed:
2004 |
Reviewer:
Rachel A Hyde |
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Ride A Dancing Horse
By Eileen Watkins
Kelly
Sheridan’s usual career is in PR, but finding herself minus
both job and boyfriend, she falls back on her hobby of dressage.
Rancho Villaneuva breeds and trains Andalusians, and lying a little
about her experience, Kelly gets hired. Soon it appears that this
is anything other than a stopgap while she decides what to do with
her life. Horses are poisoned, the barn catches fire, and brooding,
sexy owner Diego is in mourning for his wife, dead exactly a year
when Kelly arrives. Somebody wants the ranch to close and there
are quite a few suspects, including Kelly’s old boyfriend
who turns up out of the blue…
I’ve always enjoyed romantic suspense,
and this short novel has most of the classic ingredients that make
books from this genre such page-turners. A gloomy hero, change of
scene and location for the heroine, strange goings-on and lots of
suspects, as well as some background information about an unusual
aspect of horse riding. What it lacks (fortunately) is a helpless
heroine wilting in the strong arms of the hero; Kelly is her own
woman and uses her common sense and PR background to make the ranch
work and track down the perpetrator. Even more information about
dressage and life on a ranch would have been interesting, but Eileen
Watkins sketches in the relevant details rapidly and not a word
is spared. Enjoyable, and yes, please, I would certainly read another
book by this author.
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