Synopsis
A woman finding her way.
After a devastating divorce, an emotionally skittish Rayne Masterson swears off men and vows to devote her life to her passion, horses.
A man with insatiable desires.
Trent Newbury is an expert rider who is arrogant, brash, and has a ruthless reputation for getting any woman he desires.
As the new riding master at Southland Stables, Trent is eager to make sure all of his riders are the best they can be. But when he meets Rayne, he takes a special interest in taming the beautiful woman’s stubborn nature. Slowly and deliberately, he weakens her defenses with his charm and beguiling good looks. And just when he thinks he has won Rayne’s trust, his philandering past threatens to pull them apart.
She thought no man could ever touch her heart, until she met…The Riding Master.
Excerpt
His swagger was the first thing that stood out in her mind. The sway of his hips exuded a ruthless overconfidence, but as her eyes traveled up from the curve of his blue jeans to his wide chest and thick, tanned arms, her temperature began to quickly climb. When she was within a few feet of him, his thin lips twisted into a devilish smile, almost a teasing smirk that Rayne found more offensive than alluring.
What an asshole, she thought as he
drew near.
She curiously studied the square curve of his jaw and his slightly bent
nose. His hair was thick, wavy, almost black, and was in need of a good trim.
His sunken cheekbones accentuated the tan on his face, while his high brow was
etched with a few worry lines that complimented instead of detracted from his
appearance. When he lowered his sunglasses, she noted the way his riveting gray
eyes drank in her figure.
Rayne concluded that she could never be interested in such an obvious
man. She was used to men ogling her buxom figure; her ex-husband used to do it
all the time when they had first started dating. But what was exciting in her
twenties, she now found repugnant in her thirties, making her wonder if all the
real gentlemen had gone the way of the dodo bird.
“You’re Rayne Greer, right?” His voice was a lot smoother than when he
had been shouting at his students. Tinged with a lustful, smoky quality that
many women would have found alluring, Rayne felt her uneasiness with the man
begin to gnaw at her.
Ignoring his engaging eyes, she gathered up Bob’s reins. “Yes, I’m Rayne
Greer,” she flatly stated, deciding to play it cool.
He held out a thick hand to her. “Trent Newbury, the new riding master
for Southland Stables. Rebecca Harmon told me about you. She said you were
great with kids.”
When Bob rubbed his head against her back, eager to move on, Rayne
turned away from his outstretched hand to the horse beside her. “Yes, I teach
the under twelve and beginners groups for Rebecca on the weekends.”
He lowered his hand to his side, unaffected by her snub. “Rebecca told
me you showed a lot of potential.” He eyed the slender dark bay thoroughbred.
“Is this your mount?”
“Yes, he’s a racetrack rescue Rebecca sold me a year ago.” Rayne rubbed
Bob’s long neck. “Where’s your horse?”
“Don’t have one right now. I just sold my mare a few weeks back.” He
took a step closer to her, making Bob give a short snort of surprise. “He’s
high spirited,” Trent remarked, giving Bob’s neck a pat.
“Careful,” Rayne warned. “He doesn’t like strangers, especially men.”
Bob turned his head and tried to nip at Trent’s arm.
Trent chuckled. “Where did he learn that trick, from you?”
“No.” She shifted uneasily on her feet, uncomfortable with the close
proximity of the man. “He was abused by jockeys and trainers when he raced on
the track. No man could get near him when Rebecca first bought him. I started
working with him in hopes of turning him into a schooling horse. After a time,
I opted to buy him…or my ex bought him for me.” She noticed the way Bob seemed
to calm as Trent’s powerful hand glided over his back.
“Ex?” Trent’s sharp eyes returned to Rayne. “You’re divorced.”
Rayne was surprised by the way his slight smile instantly warmed his
unsettling features. All of his cocky assurance disappeared and he seemed
almost genuine.
“You have the most intriguing eyes,” he murmured, staring at her. “There
are flecks of gold amid the hazel in them.”
Rayne’s toes curled in her black riding boots. “I, ah….” She diverted
her eyes to Bob. “I’m surprised he’s letting you get that close.”
“I have a way with horses. They find me…irresistible.”
So much for seeming genuine, she
reflected. “That must be a great comfort to you,” she sharply returned.
“Knowing you have such sway over four-legged animals like that. Or were you
talking about another kind of animal?”
His eyebrows went up. “Well, well, not only does your horse have spirit,
his rider seems to as well.”
“Perhaps you are confusing spirit with
sarcasm, Mr. Newbury.”
He grinned at her, folding his thick arms over his chest. “It’s Trent,
and I think you’re wrong. You have to have a good bit of spirit and wit in
order to be sarcastic. Telling people what you think of them takes a hell of a
lot of guts, too.”
“Guts or stupidity? There’s a difference. One usually gets you into
trouble, and the other is needed to get you out of it.”
Trent’s roaring laughter reverberated throughout the shed row. “Wow,
you’re a little fireball, aren’t you?” He unfurled his arms. “Are you always
like this? Or is this just for my benefit?”
Rayne’s patience with the arrogant man had reached a turning point and she longed for their encounter to end. “Nice meeting you, Trent. I’m sure I’ll see you around.”
Rayne’s patience with the arrogant man had reached a turning point and she longed for their encounter to end. “Nice meeting you, Trent. I’m sure I’ll see you around.”
Simone's Review
*ARC received in return for an honest review
This is my first book by Alexandrea Weis and as a reviewer I am always excited to delve into a story of an author I have not read before so, here goes...
Rayne Masterson is our leading lady and, to be honest, I like my leading ladies sassy, sexy and not to be messed with but with Rayne you get reserved, quiet and emotionally detached! A woman who has built a protective wall around herself after discovering that her husband was having an affair behind her back. This led to Rayne turning her back on her marriage, vowing to never let a man take her heart again, rip it out and destroy it. She then throws herself feet first into her only passion which is horses, or shall I say her thoroughbred horse called Bob, who she dearly devotes all her free time to when she is not teaching riding classes to children.
This is all about to change when a new Riding Master is employed at Southland Stables. In walks Trent Newbury!! I know, any excuse to download a hot cowboy pic!! This is my Trent!! Ride em cowboy!! I hear you scream!!
I lusted, loved and wanted to lick Trent! He was simply delicious with just the right mix of arrogant & sexy, all what I look for in an Alpha male, while still being patient and gentle with the oh-so-fragile Rayne. Trent seemed to fully understand what Rayne needed to become the confident, sexy, loving woman that was hiding behind that wall she had built around her broken heart.
Trent had a past and reputation as a ladies man that Rayne had a hard time dealing with but jeez! there were times I could just scream at my kindle - she really was frustrating at times as her trust issues were just becoming way to extreme for me. Apart from all the above I loved/lusted about Trent, I adored that he was always truthful about his past to Rayne. He really laid himself bare, warts and all and, dare I say it, I was half thinking just walk away Trent what more does she want? Blood?!!
Alexandra has created well developed characters and a story that kept me gripped from the first page, right through to the last. Sex scenes that were descriptive, passionate and had me fanning myself! A beautiful story of betrayal, hope, second chances and, if you're brave enough to trust and give your heart to that someone, you can love and be loved again.
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Rayne Masterson is our leading lady and, to be honest, I like my leading ladies sassy, sexy and not to be messed with but with Rayne you get reserved, quiet and emotionally detached! A woman who has built a protective wall around herself after discovering that her husband was having an affair behind her back. This led to Rayne turning her back on her marriage, vowing to never let a man take her heart again, rip it out and destroy it. She then throws herself feet first into her only passion which is horses, or shall I say her thoroughbred horse called Bob, who she dearly devotes all her free time to when she is not teaching riding classes to children.
This is all about to change when a new Riding Master is employed at Southland Stables. In walks Trent Newbury!! I know, any excuse to download a hot cowboy pic!! This is my Trent!! Ride em cowboy!! I hear you scream!!
“I’m not looking for a woman to make me look good. I’m looking for someone I can build a life with.”
Trent had a past and reputation as a ladies man that Rayne had a hard time dealing with but jeez! there were times I could just scream at my kindle - she really was frustrating at times as her trust issues were just becoming way to extreme for me. Apart from all the above I loved/lusted about Trent, I adored that he was always truthful about his past to Rayne. He really laid himself bare, warts and all and, dare I say it, I was half thinking just walk away Trent what more does she want? Blood?!!
“For Rayne, looking ahead in some ways was just as painful as looking back. Sometimes she did not know what was worse: the regret over past mistakes, or the worry over mistakes yet to come.”
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