Showing posts with label horses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label horses. Show all posts

Friday, October 16, 2020

Horses and Hearts new from Pam Gossiaux Saving Grace

 

Saving Grace, a Horses and Hearts Inspirational Romance

Pamela Gossiaux
September, 2020
Tri-Cat Publishing
256 pp

Ebook $.99
Print $15.99
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About the Book

When winning is everything, there isn't much room for grace.

For feisty and driven Hannah Whitney, winning is everything. She and her dressage horse Amazing Grace are headed towards the final qualifying competition for the Olympic games, when her trainer suddenly quits. With the competition just ten weeks away, Hannah's dad hires Chase Livingston as the new trainer.

Chase is a Gold Medalist in dressage. After an incident in the show ring one day, he loses his nerve and goes into hiding from the media. He’s reluctant to come out just to train the spoiled, rich daughter of a pharmaceutical tycoon, but the money is good.

Hannah doesn't want to be seen with him, but if she's going to be ready for the competition, he may be her only hope. What she doesn't count on is how attractive he is...

When faced with the question of what is most important in life, can two people with different answers ever find common ground?

My Review

Has-been Olympian Chase gets more than a second chance when he becomes the last hope trainer for needy dressage drama queen Hannah who’s determined to get to the Olympics riding her only friend in life, Amazing Grace.

With a lot to overcome in their personal lives, Chase’s reputation as a loser is the least of their worries when Hannah’s past threatens to throw her off balance. Chase, as well as Hannah’s formerly driven father, have turned their lives over to Christ, received forgiveness, and vow to live better, something twenty-four-year-old Hannah can’t understand or trust. She’s turned inward and encased herself in a hard shell since childhood, and only great compassion will crack it.

Chase and Hannah learn patience leads to good things; forgiveness is even better, and when winning doesn’t have to be the most important thing in life, a lot of good things can finally come home. Told in alternating viewpoints with all the perfect points of a good romance, readers of inspiring stories will enjoy this special romance set on the western shore of Lake Michigan.

About the Author

Pamela Gossiaux is the international bestselling author of the Horses and Hearts Inspirational Romance series, the Russo Romantic Mystery series, the romantic comedy Good Enough, and the inspirational books Why Is There a Lemon in My Fruit Salad? and A Kid at Heart. She is also a keynote speaker, freelance writer, and teaches writing workshops. She lives and writes at her horse farm in Michigan, where she resides with her family and an assortment of pets. Visit her website at www.PamelaGossiaux.com.


Tuesday, May 19, 2020

new contemporary Christian romance from Pam Gossiaux

Finding Hope by Pamela Gossiaux

Finding Hope by Pamela Gossiaux
TriCat Publishing, 231 pp, May 12, 2020; available after May 26 on BN

$4.99 ebook
$14.95 print

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About the Book:
An introverted horse-whisperer, a famous equine artist, and the mare who brings them together.

Tori Reynolds has never liked the term “breaking” horses to ride. Instead, she earns their trust, and can climb aboard a wild mustang the same day she meets it. Her farm, an historic bed and breakfast, sits along the beautiful shores of Lake Michigan in the small town of St. Ives, and her life as a B&B owner and sought-after horse whisperer is pretty much perfect. Until a visit to New York City changes everything.

Matt Cheval is a handsome, nationally-known artist. When Tori steps into his Manhattan art show, she unexpectedly finds herself and her horse in his paintings. Angry and frightened, she is now faced with the memory of a day she has spent years trying to forget.

Tori flees back to the security of her farm and the comfort of her horse, but Matt follows to apologize for a wrong he isn't sure he knows how to fix. Torn between anger and her growing feelings for Matt, she wonders if she has wrongly judged this sensitive artist. Maybe some wounds can be healed.

But when tragedy strikes, will their hope in the future, and their faith in God hold their relationship together? Or will they lose each other forever?

My review:
Finding Hope is for horse-loving, artsy romantics everywhere. Set primarily in Michigan’s windy upper west coast, an artist and a B&B hostess never forgot their perfect day. Except she was married horse trainer and farmer, and he was getting his art career underway.

Four years later, things have changed drastically. Tori, farm B&B owner, now widowed an author of several books on horse training, and Matt, the painter, have hit new highs. Tori is stunned to find herself and her beloved farm the as-yet-unidentified subject of Matt’s most famous traveling art show when she runs across him in New York where she’s come to demonstrate horse training and sign books. The mystery woman and her horse become a hot topic in the five-minute limelight world of the insatiably curious public, and when Tori’s worst nightmares come true, both Tori and Matt’s worlds fall apart.

Told in alternating points of view, Finding Hope is a story of healing, both from the past and from present wounds, and learning to forge new paths with the ones we can trust. Lovingly framed by Tori’s beloved horse, Hope, the characters learn to recognize their strengths and weaknesses, especially through the lens of their Christian faith.

Horse lovers and painters, and those who enjoy Michigan’s historic west coast will enjoy this sweet romance with a slight twist in the happily-ever-after.

About the Author
Pamela Gossiaux
Pamela Gossiaux the international bestselling author of the books Ordinary Girl, Good Enough, Why Is There a Lemon in My Fruit Salad? How to Stay Sweet When Life Turns Sour, and A Kid at Heart: Becoming a Child of Our Heavenly Father, as well as the highly acclaimed inspirational Russo Romantic Mystery series.


Pamela has been writing and working with writers for several decades. She has a dual BA degree from the University of Michigan in Creative Writing and English Language and Literature, and over 20 years of journalism writing experience. She teaches writing workshops and has been the editor for published books in a wide variety of genres, both fiction and non-fiction, including best sellers.

An avid horse enthusiast, she enjoys being outdoors and working in her garden. She also loves chocolate, and prefers to curl up with a good book in her downtime. Pamela lives in Michigan with her husband, two sons, and three cats. Visit her website at PamelaGossiaux.com.