Horse Farm

Fourteen years ago Leah Oliver passed away. Months later, she finally left Maple Dale Equestrian Center. Or did she? Bethann and the students wonder. When a small herd of hungry-looking deer show up at the barn one morning, the girls decide they should feed them. This sparks a series of events, resulting in their making the six o'clock news and having to find a permanent home for the deer quickly before they are killed by sharpshooters. Putting their pain and differences aside, three generations of women come together to follow a thread of hope linked to Leah Oliver that could potentially ...

My name is David Dawson and the year is 1939. I am on my way to a race track in Ohio. I have a pickup and a two horse trailer. I have two horses that are sound enough to hit the board at the cheap tracks where I race. I manage to win a race often enough to keep me in feed money.The problem I have is keeping them fit. They spend most of their time in the trailer and on the road. There is no time to exercise them. The track I am headed for today is a three day drive. They will not be off of the trailer for three days and will run the next day. It makes it tough on us trainers. The only saving...

When the friend you have a crush on gets dumped, you step up to help. Even if that means pretending to date her to make her ex jealous enough to come back. Bo’s best friend is suddenly single. He’s happy about that – her ex-boyfriend was a jerk. And now that she’s gotten rid of that dead weight, maybe he’ll have a chance. He’s had feelings for her too long to say. Gabrielle is broken-hearted. She thought the guy who just walked away from their three-year relationship was the one she’d marry. As embarrassing as it was, she’d take him back right this minute if he walked in the...

Among the earliest known works on choosing, caring for, and riding horses, this book is still hailed--2,300 years after it was written - as one of the most complete, thoughtful, and accessible guides of its type. Civilization has changed radically in the centuries since it was written, but the equestrian arts have remained essentially the same. Much of what we presently accept as common wisdom about horsemanship derives from this volume.

Zinnia had everything—the husband of her dreams, the ideal job, a perfect future—until a fatal accident tore it all away. Her husband shouldn’t have been on that horse, and now he’ll never come home. His friend Tyson let it happen, and she’s determined to make him pay. Not a day goes by that Tyson doesn’t regret what happened in the ring. Losing his life savings in the settlement is only part of the reason he left the rodeo. He can't trust himself to make sure all the competitors are safe. Now he's drifting, unsure of what comes next for him. And then something magical happens. ...

Horse lovers,rejoice! When the MAPLE DALE Equestrian Center is sold to a developer, Leah as its headmistress is so determined to prevent its imminent destruction, not even death will stop her. Fiercely independent, but lost and alone, for the first time in her life she must rely on others, learn how to trust, and ultimately to forgive. Compelling and heartwarming, Maple Dale is the story of her relationship with her students and the family she never knew she had. A family as diverse and troubled as you've ever met, and yet who must come together in singular purpose, for Leah's sake. MaryAnn...

Can a fake engagement lead to real love? After so many years of looking up to her big sister, Ashlyn snaps when Grace says she’s getting married. Claiming she’s getting married too, Ashlyn scrambles to find a stand in for Mr. Right because she’s not so much as seeing someone, let alone engaged. The question is, who would be willing to pretend they’re going to marry her? Cole wants to get noticed by his boss, so when the boss’ daughter asks him a favor, he hesitates. When Cole decided he wanted more responsibility on the ranch, getting engaged to his boss’ daughter wasn’t part ...

Faye doesn’t want a man who can’t hold his own on a horse… If someone called her a city girl it might ruin her day… or make her laugh because she’s anything but. When the new CEO drops the ball on an event and stalls a big announcement, she challenges him to do better. And her challenge seems to bring out his competitive nature. A nature she’s going to have to gently poke. Who said city girls have more fun? Country girls get to push more buttons. And Adam’s buttons are fun to push… Adam isn’t taking his shiny new title of CEO lightly. He’s been dreaming of running a ...

Donkeys have important roles to play out on the farm. Listeners learn all about a donkey’s physical features, diet, life cycle, and what life is like on the farm.

AJ Johnson has left the rodeo to claim his position as head of the family ranch. He’s sowed his wild oats and now he’s ready to take over his rightful place. The future growth of Terry Hill Ranch will soon be in his capable hands and he's ready for the next phase of his life. Kate Pruitt has been there for the Johnsons. She’s an employee, yes. But she knows Terry Hill like the back of her hand. She grew up there just like AJ had. And now that the crowned prince is home, she expects her time at the ranch will soon be over. Just when she’s bracing herself for the fall that's sure to ...

Boris, a stray kitten rescued from the city streets, finds his forever home on the farm of his dreams! There, with his sassy older sister, Olga, they explore the farmstead and all it has to offer. Through the antics and adventures of these two adorable cats, you’ll meet an array of animals, both wild and domestic. Among the interesting characters are Boris and Olga’s silly brother, Charlie the Dog, and their friends Gus the Squirrel, Charlotte the Horse, Zeke the Mallard Duck, and the Holstein Heifers, Betsy and Ellie Mae. You will learn alongside Boris as he is taught about his new ...

First published in 1733 as Ecole de Cavalerie by François Robichon de la Guérinière, this book is considered as the beginning of modern equitation. The book is most famous for its introduction of the shoulder-in. The theories in this book provide the basis for all modern equitation, and it is probably the most important work on the subject ever written. It was translated from the French to English by Tracy Boucher.

The award-winning, humorous true story of an animal-phobic, city robotics engineer who learns too late that his new bride's dream is to have a farm where she can rescue ex-racehorses. When the newlyweds take a Meyers-Briggs Personality Test for fun, they discover their marriage is doomed. There is only one problem: they took the test after the wedding.

Can friendship conquer all? The school is buzzing with excitement about the upcoming festival that takes place in the spring, and Madison and her friends have entered the horse jumping competition. As the festival approaches, they wrestle with their doubts and uncertainty about friendship and winning. When someone tries to sabotage the competition, friendly games become a quest for the truth. Will a former enemy step up to clear their name? Grab a copy of Jumping Over Challenges. This heartwarming tale from the Girl Adventure series is a must-read for middle-grade girls who adore horses, ...

Charlotte Montgomery is being forced to marry a man she doesn’t love. As the heiress to her family’s fortune, they are determined that she makes an advantageous match—even if she doesn’t love him. Her last ditch effort to find her own happiness lands her at a dude ranch in Texas. Here she’s determined to find a man who will agree to marry her on her terms. Pete Graham’s life has revolved around wooing rich women. He makes them feel special and they pay for his lifestyle. It’s a win/win. When he meets Charlotte Montgomery under a starlit sky, he’s discovered his next mark. ...

Delve into the heart of rural Australia with "The Stockman's Daughter," an enthralling romance by esteemed author Jacquie Underdown. This novel weaves a tale of steadfast love, family legacy, and the bravery it takes to defy conventions. Born and bred on her family's fourth-generation cattle farm, Maddy Carmichael has always been slated to take the reins from her traditionalist father. She's invested her life in mastering the ropes of farm management, persistently trying to prove her worth. Yet, her father continuously overlooks her contributions. Ryder Leckie, a hard-working manager of a ...

In 1910, when Olaf F. Larson was born to tenant livestock and tobacco farmers in Rock County, Wisconsin, the original barn still stood on the property. It was filled with artifacts of an earlier time - an ox yoke, a grain cradle, a scythe used to cut hay by hand. But Larson came of age in a brave new world of modern inventions - tractors, trucks, combines, airplanes - that would change farming and rural life forever. When Horses Pulled the Plow is Larson's account of that rural life in the early 20th century.

Traditional and progressive meet in ruby red west-central Texas... Emmie Warren is a middle school teacher who is trying not to rock the boat until she can finish her Master’s Degree and find the courage to move herself and her son away from sleepy Sweetwater to diverse, vibrant Austin, the only place in Texas she ever felt free to be herself. She’s been hiding her truth for years. She doesn’t see any reason to change that before she can make a clean break of things and start all over. Cass Prater is a brash cowgirl who lives life out loud, wherever she lives. She's got a plan and she...

He hired her to landscape the yard, but she's going to make him re-evaluate who he lets into his heart. Rhodes Quinn is only months away from taking over Quinn Valley Ranch, and he doesn't have time to deal with water leaking into the basement at the homestead. But since it's his future home, he hires a landscape architect to get things right with the yard. Capri Haywood has made the thousand-mile journey from Texas to Quinn Valley to start over after a disastrous break-up and career-ending events at her last job. She has the landscape architecture degree, but she's never used it. As she ...

Set on a farm in rural Devon, Farm Boy is a collection of Grandpa's reminiscences and stories, touchingly told to his grandson. Joey was the last working horse on the farm, and the apple of Grandpa's eye. In War Horse, Joey was sent away from the farm to be a warhorse in World War I. Grandpa had joined the cavalry in order to find, and fight, with Joey. Farm Boy brings us forward 50 years....