My Favorite Horse Fiction Books for Adults
Discover the best horse fiction books for adults! Explore captivating stories of adventure, romance, and drama centered around horses. Perfect for equestrian lovers and fiction readers alike.
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Cutter
by Laura Crum
When veterinarian Gail McCarthy finds a horse trainer dead at the bottom of a gully, she finds no shortage of suspects among the hostile girlfriends, angry horse owners, and legendary rivals he left behind. Reprint. K. PW.
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Triple Cross
by Kit Ehrman
"Although 23-year-old barn manager Steve Cline doesn't expect to stray far from the horse world, he has enrolled in a private investigations course and is working on the final project. But when his father, racehorse trainer Chris Kessler, invites him to Louisville on a two-week, all-expense-paid vacation that will culminate with the running of the Kentucky Derby, how can he refuse? Except, it isn't really a vaction. Kessler has a Derby runner and needs a reliable fill-in when one of his employees is injured. With only two horses to care for, the workload is light, and Steve decides to get that class project out of the way - a simple records search. But the very act of initiating the project triggers a chance encounter that plunges Steve into the world of the ultra rich. A world where greed and revenge and ambition drive some men to commit unspeakable acts amid the pageantry and glamour of thoroughbred racing. In quick order, Steve finds himself the prime suspect in a murder investigation and the target of brutal thugs. From the relative security of the backside to the Derby festivities that transform downtown Louisville into Party Central to the opulence of a Lexington horse farm, Steve deals with his own personal demons and strained relationships as he attempts to stop a murderer before a power play culminates in shattered dreams and a bloody triple cross...."--Publisher's description.
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Saddled with Trouble
by Michele Scott
A series of a different color: the first Horse Lover's mystery. Quarter horse trainer Michaela Bancroft's husband is divorcing her for a 22 year-old beauty. Stunned, Michaela is trying to rein in her life when she finds her Uncle Lou murdered. And when she's nearly run off the road, she suspects she's on the fast track to being the next victim.
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Going, Gone
by Laura Crum
Horse vet Gail McCarthys life turns stranger than fiction when her old boyfriend, Lonny Peterson, is arrested for murderby none other than Gails childhood friend, Bret Boncantini, now a sheriffs deputy in a Sierra foothills town. Lonny is accused of the murder of two local livestock auctioneers, one his girlfriend and the other her brother. Both Gail and Bret are sure of Lonnys innocence, and decide to investigate. As they begin to turn up evidence and two more murders occur, the trail leads to Gails home on the Central California coast. And as Gail closes in on the answer, the ruthless murderer may decide she needs to be eliminated, too. Going, Gone features all the elements that Laura Crum is known for: fine writing about beautiful landscapes and authentic horse lore, as well as an exciting mystery.
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Chasing Cans
by Laura Crum
Gail McCarthy witnesses a mystifying riding accident. Then a mysterious series of apparent accidents, one fatal, occurs at the training stable, and Gail's detective friend Jeri asks for her help. As the two struggle to put the pieces of a puzzle together, Gail nearly becomes the next victim.
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Moonblind
by Laura Crum
In this ninth book featuring the Santa Cruz vet, Gail is pregnant but is drawn into an investigation surrounding her cousin, who claims she is being stalked.
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Roughstock
by Laura Crum
A veterinarian and amateur sleuth, Gail McCarthy attends a equine seminar during which one of her colleagues is murdered, a case that tickles her curiosity and leads her on a trail leading uncomfortably close to home.
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Hoofprints
by Laura Crum
Veterinarian Gail McCarthy finds herself at the hands of a murderer after she stumbles upon the bullet-ridden bodies of two of her wealthiest human clients, Ed and Cindy Whitney, and discovers some disturbing secrets about the dead couple's fast-paced life. Reprint. PW.
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Breakaway
by Laura Crum
In the beautiful hills of the Sierra Nevadas, a violated horse is only one piece of the puzzle that veterinarian Gail McCarthy will have to solve if she wants to save her best friend's life.
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The Dance
by Jami Davenport
THE DANCE [Erotic Contemporary Interracial Romance] What's a girl to do after her former fiance declares that she's frigid? Mariah Baker decides to take a jaunt on her wild side...if she can find it. The scruffy Puerto Rican leasing the waterfront house next door appears to be just the man for the mission. After all, what better way to defrost than with a sexy Latin lover? Only Rico isn't who she thinks he is, and time is her enemy. Rico finds fashion-obsessed Mariah intriguing and unique. For starters, she makes horses dance, and his heart does its own tango for her. Besides, a hot summer fling is a welcome distraction from his depressing, uncertain future and dysfunctional, freeloading family. As their summer together comes to an end, Rico's phobia towards falling in love and Mariah's insecurities are a recipe for trouble in paradise. But in the magic of the San Juan Islands, anything is possible. Or is it?
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The Gift Horse
by Jami Davenport
Never look a Gift Horse in the mouth. Carson Reynolds would dispute that statement. A gift horse got him into this mess in the first place. His mission: transform a run-down horse farm into the premium facility in the Pacific Northwest and a disorganized horse trainer with a penchant for self-sabotage into a winner. After six years, Samantha MacIntyre has returned to the scene of a horrific barn fire allegedly caused by her carelessness. She accepts the head trainer position at that run-down facility to prove her innocence and to ride the talented, temperamental horse Carson received as a birthday gift. But first, she must pass the test: compete the horse for one season, impress Carson, and best his sister's preferred trainer. As Sam and Carson get closer to the truth and mishaps escalate into serious accidents, and with the help of an opinionated equine, they face a surprising reality--that love is more important than ambition, money, or blue ribbons. ** Note: Some parts written in the horse's point of view. ** A Bookstrand Mainstream Romance
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Flying Changes
by Sara Gruen
Anxiety rules Annemarie Zimmer's days—the fear that her relationship with the man she loves is growing stagnant; the fear that equestrian daughter Eva's dreams of Olympic glory will carry her far away from her mother . . . and into harm's way. For five months, Annemarie has struggled to make peace with her past. But if she cannot let go, the personal battles she has won and the heights she has achieved will have all been for naught. It is a time of change at Maple Brook horse farm, when loves must be confronted head-on and fears must be saddled and broken. But it is an unanticipated tragedy that will most drastically alter the fragile world of one remarkable family—even as it flings open gates that have long confined them, enabling them all to finally ride headlong and free.
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Riding Lessons
by Sara Gruen
As a world-class equestrian and Olympic contender, Annemarie Zimmer lived for the thrill of flight atop a strong, graceful animal. Then, at eighteen, a tragic accident destroyed her riding career and Harry, the beautiful horse she cherished. Now, twenty years later, Annemarie is coming home to her dying father's New Hampshire horse farm. Jobless and abandoned, she is bringing her troubled teenage daughter to this place of pain and memory, where ghosts of an unresolved youth still haunt the fields and stables—and where hope lives in the eyes of the handsome, gentle veterinarian Annemarie loved as a girl . . . and in the seductive allure of a trainer with a magic touch. But everything will change yet again with one glimpse of a white striped gelding startlingly similar to the one Annemarie lost in another lifetime. And an obsession is born that could shatter her fragile world.
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Saddled with Trouble
by Michele Scott
Horse trainer Michaela Bancroft's husband is divorcing her for a twenty-two-year-old beauty queen. Stunned, Michaela is trying to rein in her life when she finds her Uncle Lou murdered in his prize stallion's stall. As she fends off debt collectors- and her ex-husband's renewed interest in her- Michaela begins to suspect that she's on the fast track to become the next victim. Book 3 of the series
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At Risk
by Kit Ehrman
At 21, Steve Cline seems too young to be in charge of a major stable in Maryland's horse country. When he's hijacked early one morning along with some of his horses, his escape turns him into a killer's target. Original.
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Cold Burn
by Kit Ehrman
Steve Cline, manager of the hunter/jumper show barns at Foxdale Farm, seizes the opportunity when Corey Claremont, one of Foxdale's boarders, asks him to help investigate the disappearance of her brother.
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Dead Man's Touch
by Kit Ehrman
Recuperating from the events of "At Risk," young manager Steve Cline receives a further blow when his estranged father is killed in a car accident and he finds out that he is the result of an affair between his mother and horse trainer Chrstopher J. Kessler.
