Forgetting horses are animals. Horses that don't seem to need food, water, shoes, or grooming. The rider who kicks and hauls, flaps elbows or reins, and gets involved in gyrations with knees or heels. A well-bred, trained horse never needs to be kicked. The lady in a sidesaddle who frets over her insecurity.
Sidesaddles are perfectly secure.
Good riders ride principally on balance. Therefore, they aren't the usual mount of choice, especially when the stallion must be used around other horses. The vicious stallion who can only be controlled by the hero's brute strength, or the soft, mystical touch of the heroine. Jean Ross Ewing also won the 1998 RITA for Best Regency and has eight other award nominations for her first six romances. Her next book, Illusion, a lead Regency historical romance from Berkley featuring a courtesan trained in the Kama Sutra and a spy sworn to celibacy, will be available this August.