With Nealy, horses come first. So when her two grown children's irresponsible acts nearly cost her Shufly, the foal that carries all of her hopes for the Triple Crown, she throws them both off Blue Diamond Farm, an action that changes their future - and her own.
To the world, Nealy looks unbreakable. Inside, her heart has shattered. Estranged from her daughter Emmie and son Nick, she struggles alone to build her racing stables into the best in Kentucky - and Shufly into the horse of the century.
When Hatch Littletree, her ex-husband's law partner, pays an unexpected visit, he brings Nealy much-needed comfort. But he also brings turmoil. A tough Native American and a brilliant attorney, Hatch is determined to see Nealy heal the painful rift with her children. He's also a man Nealy cannot resist.
Raw with emotion, and yet filled with unstoppable energy, Nealy will stand strong in the face of bitter disappointments and one night of terror that could mean the end of her dreams...and maybe her life.
Fiercely independent and loyal to her family, Nealy Coleman is certainly a woman to be reckoned with. Narrator Laural Merlington performs the heroine with energy and depth and gives her a perfectly sultry Kentucky drawl. Merlington's range is also tested with a wide range of characters from Nealy Coleman's ranch, business associates, and extended family. Merlington passes this test with flying colors as she individualizes each character with different tones and inflections. After 11 hours of listening, this reviewer was sad to hear the story end and hopes that Merlington will perform the next installment in this family saga. K.M.D. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine
Fern Michaels is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Fool Me Once, Sweet Revenge, The Nosy Neighbor, Pretty Woman, and dozens of other novels and novellas. There are over seventy million copies of her books in print. Fern Michaels has built and funded several large day-care centers in her hometown, and is a passionate animal lover who has outfitted police dogs across the country with special bulletproof vests. She shares her home in South Carolina with her four dogs and a resident ghost named Mary Margaret.
