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Book Blurb

Is it possible to overcome a lifetime of barriers and finally take a chance on love?

 

Jamie Callahan handles her job as an investment analyst, her distant relationship with her niece, and her romantic liaisons with a cool head and unaffected heart. Until she meets Kate Brown, a woman who threatens to push aside Jamie’s protective defenses and uncover the emotions hiding underneath.

 

Kate has a mask for every occasion. She wears them to please her parents, to move ahead in her career, to fit in the right social circles. She meets with Jamie because she needs funding for an Olympic-caliber horse, but instead she finds someone who sees beyond the image Kate projects and brings out her true desires.

 

From the boardroom to the show ring in Portland, Oregon, Jamie and Kate routinely face uncertainty and challenge in their careers but never in romance. As their growing attraction threatens to expose vulnerabilities both try to hide, will they decide the stakes are too high or that love is worth the risk?

 

Book Review

This book is charmingly cantankerous. The author brings the charm, and the two leading women most certainly add their special adaptation of cantankerousness. Plus, one additional young lady practically outperforms everyone and definitively corners the market by outcharming them all and, oh yes, “outcharm” is in the Oxford English Dictionary. This book is simply yet unequivocally delightful!

Jamie Callahan is both a talented and productive investment analyst. She is also the aunt of a remarkable survivor, yet a bit of an uncomfortable reminder of Jamie's younger years, her sister, and possibly the frailty yet indomitableness of the human form and spirit. She has hired a live-in nanny for her disabled niece which is a tad admirable, but Jamie hardly participates or shows needed affection to Anna who would really thrive if some genuine emotion from her aunt managed to find its way to her. Jamie may very well be in need of her own version of a nanny who might crack that impregnable shield returning Jamie to a world where love and honest affection for others is the norm and not the exception. Jamie is a powerhouse personality within a sensuous and perfectly tailored body, who might very well be able to conquer the world if that were an item on her agenda, but her humanity is in need of a tune-up. Impressively idiosyncratic!

Kaitlyn Brown, almost always referred to as Kate, is quite an exceptional horse trainer and manager of her magnificent stables. She is seeking financial assistance to make a significant change that involves the acquisition of an Olympic level jumper. In many ways Kate is trying to please her parents in addition to satisfying her grand ambitions by making this serious move. She has earned the right to move up within her chosen career path, but she still sometimes questions herself. She stunningly hides these insecurities as she boldly presents her grand plan. Kate is truly passionate on all fronts including her ability to submerge possibly imagined insubstantialities. She knows, lives, and is burdened with the dreams her parents have for her even while having embraced most of those dreams for herself. Kate has earned her stripes. She is also going to have a unique impact on Jamie and Anna while giving her and her parents’ dreams an honest run for the roses. I genuinely adore Kate, especially when she is honestly unpredictable to herself and everyone. Superbly glorious!

With lovers, horse racing, and triumphs galore, this book is a winner! Enjoyably entertaining!

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook and print
Length	Novel, 224 pages
Heat Level
Publication Date	01-January-2012
Price	$9.99 ebook, $16.95 paperback, $19.99 bundle
Buy Link	http://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/9781602825871B.html