Kate is in an abusive marriage. One day, she finds a
stray tiny dog in her
path and brings him home. When her husband, Preston,
comes home he
is outraged that she has let the dirty dog into his home.
He kicks the dog
and tells her to throw it outside. She is heart broken at
the way he is
behaving and as he picks up his packed bags and leaves for
a business
trip, she vows that tonight is the last time she will be
in his house! She
calls her cousin, Leigh, back in Kentucky and asks her to
come and pick
Kate up. She is leaving Preston and could care less if
she ever sees his
enormous home and all the cold sterile things in it.
PROTECTING KATE will keep you on the edge of your seat as
Kate tries to
figure out her life and especially after she meets Trent
Dawson. He is a
local horse breeder and horses have always had Kate's
heart. Kate, many
years ago, was Miss Kentucky. When her friends ask her to
help them out
with an auction that will benefit the animal rescue, she
says yes in a heart
beat. Trent finds himself bidding on dinner with Kate,
even though it costs
him ten thousand dollars and the last thing he is looking
for is a woman in
his life.
Even though she has divorced Preston, he shows up in her
life again and
Trent wants and needs to protect Kate. Well, here is
where things really
heat up! Kate feels as if Preston is harmless and Trent
sees him for the
snake that he is. While fighting the attraction to each
other they are also
fighting over Preston. Every time Preston comes around,
something bad
happens and Trent refuses to let Kate out of his sight.
This infuriates Kate
as she feels she can take care of herself. She has a gun
and she's not
afraid to use it.
PROTECTING KATE is the beginning of a series, Dark
Horse Inc. and I will
definitely be reading the rest of this series. The
trouble that finds it's way to
Kate and Trent is heart stopping and thrilling. I read
their story pretty
quickly and was so caught up in all the action, I actually
found myself
holding my breath at times. I have never read anything by
Amy J.
Hawthorn before, but I'm going to find her previous books
now. She
hooked me for me very first page and never let me go right
until the very
end. Trent and Kate and the chemistry between them is
very hot and just
when everything is calming down, trouble comes knocking
again. I can't
wait to read the next book in the Dark Horse Inc.
series.
Trent Dawson, horse trainer and former soldier, smells
trouble
at a simple charity auction. His good intentions get the
better of him and he bids a small fortune on a damsel in
distress. It turns out there's far more than meets the eye
to
the former Miss Kentucky and their chemistry is off the
charts.
The only thing standing between Kate MacDonald and her
worst
nightmare is Trent Dawson and the men of Dark Horse Inc.