Helpful Score: 1
This book is second in a series of THE HEROES OF HEARTBREAK CREEK; however the series is based on the RUNAWAY BRIDES, particularly COLORADO DAWN (see below). I recommend the books be read in order because the characters take active part (and are referred to) in later novels.
Former US Marshal Rayford Jessup is hired by Ash Kirkwell to travel to England and purchase some thoroughbreds. There he meets Josephine Cathcart and her traumatized horse. He also lives under the roof of her unscrupulous father, a wheeler-dealer trying to stave off looming bankruptcy.
The father of Josephine's illegitimate son, Jamie, comes back into Josephine's life and wants to rekindle their passion. She wants none of it because she realizes that she is more interested in the American Rafe than the titled father of Jamie.
Kaki Warner has written another winner! This story has substance and held my interest throughout the book. It is wonderful to see Thomas Redstone again (a Cheyenne horseman hired by Ash; his story has been running though the books). Hopefully, Warner will return to Thomas and Prudence Lincoln's tenuous and troubled romance in future stories.
I thought the suspense would kill me before the horse race even began. This book has everything: an engaging love story, interesting and complex characters, and what people will do to win high-stakes horse race.
Runaway Brides
1. Heartbreak Creek (2011)
2. Colorado Dawn (2012)
3. Bride of the High Country (2012)
Heroes of Heartbreak Creek
1. Behind His Blue Eyes (2013)
2. Where the Horses Run (2014)
Former US Marshal Rayford Jessup is hired by Ash Kirkwell to travel to England and purchase some thoroughbreds. There he meets Josephine Cathcart and her traumatized horse. He also lives under the roof of her unscrupulous father, a wheeler-dealer trying to stave off looming bankruptcy.
The father of Josephine's illegitimate son, Jamie, comes back into Josephine's life and wants to rekindle their passion. She wants none of it because she realizes that she is more interested in the American Rafe than the titled father of Jamie.
Kaki Warner has written another winner! This story has substance and held my interest throughout the book. It is wonderful to see Thomas Redstone again (a Cheyenne horseman hired by Ash; his story has been running though the books). Hopefully, Warner will return to Thomas and Prudence Lincoln's tenuous and troubled romance in future stories.
I thought the suspense would kill me before the horse race even began. This book has everything: an engaging love story, interesting and complex characters, and what people will do to win high-stakes horse race.
Runaway Brides
1. Heartbreak Creek (2011)
2. Colorado Dawn (2012)
3. Bride of the High Country (2012)
Heroes of Heartbreak Creek
1. Behind His Blue Eyes (2013)
2. Where the Horses Run (2014)
Regina (virgosun) reviewed Where the Horses Run (Heroes of Heartbreak Creek, Bk 2) on + 888 more book reviews
I'm so happy to read more of the members of Heartbreak Creek. This is an exciting story with an unscrupulous and desperate father, a past lover trying to horn his way back onto the scene, a brutal horse race, a traumatized horse, underhanded dealings, and best of all a hero/heroine wildly attracted to each other. Can Josephine evade the manipulations of those close to her? Can Jessup maintain a stronghold in her heart and keep her safe? A great read at four stars.
