Once I got halfway through, it was hard to put down. I enjoyed it although the story line was a bit far fetched.

Perfect Kentucky heat!!!!

Fern Michaels really keeps you sitting on the edge of your chair. Your heart is beating so fast as the next words are read. You keep reading because she keeps your interest waiting with such anticipation. Naturally you can't put the book down until the fabulous ending. Can't wait to read the next book.

Terrific story line, well established characters

Great background on raising and racing horses. Love the emphasis on family helping family. Looking forward to more adventures with Nealy and Hatch.

Great series!

Neily's life is upside down

Neily's life is not always what she wants. She has a hard time communicating with humans. Her horses are her life. She has her children and Ruby, Metasas, Smitty, and Hatch.
Nick went on a vacation with Willow, the ranch chef. While they were gone, they got married and were gone for two weeks without a call. Emmie went away with Buddy on a one cruise, but she was gone for two weeks without a call. In the meantime, the foul came early, and they almost lost the colt.
So when they came home, she fired them both and told them to get off her property. All were heartbroken.
Hatch, her husband, Hunt's lawyer, friend from college. Tried to help out. He stood by her and was there for Nick while he studied to become a lawyer. He was there for Emmie when she delivered her baby Gabby.
Neily's life revolved around training Shufly for the triple crown for Metasas and Ruby. She was determined to prove that she wasn't too old to do this one more time. She misses her children, but she had to do what she did to make them spread their wings.
Whole a lot of reflection on her life, and was she worthy of love? Family is everything.
She is surprised by Derby day when her family shows up and is there to support her and tell her they love her.
Hatch loves her with all of his being. He takes her away to show her what she has been missing in her life. They make plans to get married the day after Christmas, but tragedy struck, and her life is changed forever. She pushed Hatch and her family away.
Can she find happiness again, or will she give up?
Fern Michaels has done it again. Great characters and great story of a woman who doesn't think she is worthy of love

OMG...what a powerful book!!! I took 3 days to finish the last pages...I may read this again...

This series was so very powerful.. I don't know what to say to recommend you all read it and have tissues ready. I really am going to read it again! I haven't enjoyed a series this much EVER!

Easy summer read

A semi-predictable story set in Kentucky horse country. Likeable characters. An easy read when you need something light. Especially good for light summer reading.

Wonderful story

Fern Michaels is an outstanding author and she has outdone herself this time. Loved this beautiful story from beginning to end.

I enjoyed this book better than the first one, and I will read the next one, but there is just something off about them. Instead of feeling immersed in the story, I was always aware that I was reading the story. I am sorry, but that Nealy character just rubs me the wrong way. At first, in the first book, I thought she might have cognitive problems. I never really warmed up to her.

So much emotion!

I cried. I laughed. I lived this story through Michael's words. Wonderful read and on to the last of the series.

Couldn't even finish. Just silly and over the top.

This is the second book of the Kentucky trilogy. I thoroughly enjoyed the first book, Kentucky Rich. I guess Neely was too perfect in the first book for her to be very good in the second book. She made many mistakes, and didn't work too hard to fix them. She just let fate and everyone around her clean up her mess. I also didn't like that fact that they cut her husband Hunt out of the book completely except for a few appearances as a ghost. The book also painted him as a jerk, which I didn't like, because he was a good character in the first one and there wasn't a chance to develop his character much. The second book made me feel like they had to hurry and get the husband out of the way to make room for another romance. To top it off, the book had to make all the men between Neely and Hatch weak and not worthy of her. Her children are not being developed very well either. They had a couple of "problems," but little of it was addressed, outside of the incident with Hatch and Willow in the Caribbean.

I was not as impressed with this book as I was with the first. I am hoping the third book will tidy up all the loose ends.