Following the big once-a-year Rodeo in Cody, Wyoming David
Parsons'
horse breaks loose during a storm and flees. Muddy is an
ugly horse with
an attitude to match, but also the fastest around, making
David a lot of
money. Searching and posting a $5,000 reward generates
nothing. It
takes four years without his champion horse to lose it
all--- the
championship--money-- everything, including his fiancé.
David has lost everything and at his lowest when his
friend calls him after
spotting Muddy at the Montana State High School Rodeo
Finals in
Kalispell, Montana. Kylan Runningbird, an 18-year-old
Indian boy, is
attempting to ride HIS horse. Kylan's aunt, Mary Steele,
provides a bill of
sale and heads home with the horse in tow without David's
knowledge.
Mary has guardianship of Kylan who is diagnosed with Fetal
Alcohol
Syndrome. David is forced to travel to Kalispell to
negotiate possession of
his ornery horse. Mary looks nothing like the rest of her
family, being half
white and half Indian. Trying to take possession of Muddy
is definitely
tangling up David's feelings when this this little slip of
a special ed.
teacher is thrown into the mix along with her nephew and
his disabilities.
THE LONG RIDE HOME is the first I have had the pleasure of
reading by the very talented Kari Lynn Dell. I really
liked Mary's strong and committed character. The plot
had just the right amount of emotion laced with romance.
Including the
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome issue made this story more
interesting and
educational for those not acquainted with this condition.
Kari Lynn Dell is definitely
a gifted author to follow in the future, as she knows how
to keep things
interesting and exciting.
He came in search of his missing horse…and wound up losing
his heart.
David Parsons is on the verge of making his pro rodeo
dreams
come true when his one-in-a-million rope horse, Muddy,
goes
missing. In the aftermath, David loses everything. His
career, his fiancée, his pride.
Four years later, David is clawing his way out of the
ruins
and back up the rankings when he gets the miracle he’s
prayed for. Muddy has been found on Montana’s Blackfeet
Indian Reservation.
But repossessing Muddy is unexpectedly complicated. Kylan,
the teenager on Muddy’s back, has had a lifetime of hard
knocks. His custodial aunt, Mary Steele, will fight like a
mama bear to make sure losing this horse isn’t the blow
that
levels the boy. Even if it’s at David’s expense.
David is faced with a soul-wrenching dilemma. Taking back
his own future could destroy Kylan’s. And ruin any chance
he
might have with the fierce, fascinating Mary.
It’s a long, hard ride to the top of the rodeo world. And
for David, an even longer ride home. Unless he can find a
trail that leads to both.
Warning: This book is blush proof. Should come with a
“prim
and proper” warning label. There is no nudity, no violence
to speak of, but there is some sensual kissing and mildly
R-rated language.
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