Author: marykitcaelsto
Lora and Clint are moving forward with their plans for the Western Star ranch. The property next door has been purchased and the cattle have arrived. Lora should be elated, except she isn’t. She and Clint have excellent chemistry together, both as partners and as lovers. Something is missing, and when her friend stumbles in her sobriety Lora realizes she isn’t the only one with relationship … problems. With all of the changes in the business, she wonders where exactly she and Clint stand. He hasn’t said those three magic words yet and she’s worried that this is only a…
Eva never expected her husband to enjoy riding so much that he was ready to start showing. His competitive nature means more time at the barn, and less “me time” at the barn for Eva. She’s not sure she’s ready to go to shows with her husband as a competitor, not if it means loosing her groom and her groundsman. The tension over showing is hitting their marriage hard. Is Mark really working all … those hours to help with the budget or is something else going on? Old fears resurface and an accident threatens to destroy everything.Communication is key…
After her health scare, Linda resigned herself to never having a child. She purchased one of Zahra’s young thoroughbreds and together, she and YongQi were earning ribbons in the young hunter classes. With Ivy enjoying semi-retirement and her job bringing more responsibilities, Linda thought she’d accepted her circumstances and made the most of them.A pregnancy scare changes everything.Tensions … everything.Tensions rise between her and Kevin, her surgeon husband, as his over-protective nature rears its ugly head. When the scare becomes fact, she has to accept the sudden turn her life has taken. More importantly, her husband needs to accept her…
Rebecca Brown finds a paint gelding at an auction and brings him home in spite of the warnings of Dusty Chandlers, a cowboy with a past. But when Rebecca forges a connection with the horse, Dusty’s admiration for her grows, and it seems there are enough second chances to go around. Or so she hopes.Note: This story was previously published in the anthology Starting Over, which has since gone out … since gone out of print.more
Lora’s not quite ready to take the next step with Clint. Before she can do so her friend is in trouble and needs help. It doesn’t take long for Lora to realize her friend is in deep and she’s the only one who believes everything will work out. Will seeing a new side of Clint doom their fledgling relationship before it gets off the ground? Or will she have compassion for a past that makes the … presence difficult to watch?Clint wants to give Lora all the time she needs after her rough divorce. He understands. He really does. Except…
Lora’s in the middle of a messy divorce with her bull rider ex-husband. Just because she left the WBR circuit and is making a name for herself as a trainer, now his buckle bunny of a girlfriend thinks she can take half of Lora’s farm, her two best horses, and even her truck and trailer in the divorce and do the same thing. Lora’s tired of propping up Billy and it is long past time he learned to … to cowboy up and take responsibility for his own life. She’s swearing off men for good. Until her best friend introduces…