Review: Great story!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 4, 2014
Rayne Masterson is has learned to keep her distance from people. After discovering he was cheating, she got a divorce from her rich, well-known and much older husband. She has an emotionally exhausting relationship with her alcoholic mother and she watches people act fake and use people for their money everyday. Now she has no desire in dating and puts all of her energy into her horse and teaching children to ride at southland Stables.Trent Newbury is the new Riding Master at Southland Stables and he’s interested in Rayne. He’s determined to win her over, but he has a reputation that Rayne has a hard time trusting. She’s skittish and he treats her the same as he would a horse by slowly easing her into trusting him. He pushes Rayne into performing in a jumping show and spending time with her to prepare her, but he also takes the time to call her when he can’t be with her. They slowly build a relationship and Trent even pushes Rayne to mend the relationship she has with her mother.Not everyone is happy with their budding romance though. One of the other instructors at Southland goes out of her way to make Trent’s past an issue in the present. Rayne’s ex-husband also realizes the mistake he made in letting Rayne get away. Can Rayne really trust Trent? Should she or is she just one more notch on his bedpost?It’s hard for me to put my feelings about this book into words. For the most part, I could relate to Rayne. She was skittish and she had every right to be. Her mom was a piece of work and did a number on her. Add in the messed up relationship with her ex-husband and I doubt that I would trust anybody either. Seeing how Trent pursued Rayne was sweet. His nightly phone calls when he was out of town were adorable. He saw the good in Rayne and fought for her even when it was tough. He awakened the passion inside of Rayne and gave her back the confidence she lost over the years. Overall, Trent was pretty amazing.With all of that good stuff, why is this a 4 star review and not 5? Well, I had a couple issues. At one point, Rayne fully acknowledges that she is behaving irrationally with Trent and her trust issues, but she does nothing to change the situation. Yes, that was frustrating. Even bigger, though, was that I found myself questioning Trent’s motives and waiting for the shoe to drop most of the story. I’m sure I will be in the minority with that thought. LOL! Trent did everything right, but something seemed off….or maybe it was that his lips were repeatedly referred to as ‘thin’ or ‘cruel’.Overall, I really liked this story. Watching Rayne come into her own was nice. The various OJ scenes were cute….especially when you see the differences between the ex-husband and Trent.Holly's Review for Fierce and Fabulous Book DivaComplimentary copy provided by Author.