Natalie Keller Reinert

From the author of the popular Eventing Series, a brand-new and much anticipated standalone hardcover, set in Florida horse country and featuring a fresh set of unforgettable charactersBrooke Haskell's got big dreams . . . and she's running out of time. The equestrian life Brooke craves has always been just outside her reach, but, like every horse girl, she believes that pluck, heart, and hard work can catapult anyone into greatness. Unfortunately, her horse Roxie doesn't seem to agree. After her most disappointing horse show to date and with only one more year before graduation and real life take over, Brooke is finally upset enough to do something rash. She decides to ditch her college plans and her parents' wishes, risking everything to apprentice with one of the country's most famous equestrians, Eddie O'Neill. As she plunges headfirst into the breakneck pace of a top training stable, Brooke finally feels like she belongs. Her fellow working student might be a trust-fund Instagram star, but they bond over their shared love of horses. And sparks fly with a colleague who seems to love this version of Brooke. But when Roxie goes from steady improvement to angry rebellion, Brooke realizes Eddie's reputation for training winners may come at a steep price. Brooke is finally poised to have the life she always wanted--but at what cost? Will she discover an uncomfortable truth about her idol, and what is she willing to give up in order to defend the sport she loves? Against the riveting high-stakes backdrop of the equestrian world, Reinert explores the passions that drive us, the love affairs that fuel us, and the partnerships--both animal and human--that help us thrive and find ourselves.

Though Jules has spent her adult life bouncing from one farm to another, it never mattered: home was always where her horses were. But now, newly engaged and pregnant, she is yearning for a place she can truly call home. Alachua Eventing Co-Op once felt like that, but the co-op board is making Jules’ life difficult again, and her good friend (and professional rival) Kit seems destined to take Jules’ spot as head instructor. When Jules’ doctor forbids her from getting into the saddle until the baby comes, Jules has a full-blown existential crisis. Who is she if she’s not on horseback? As Jules continues to put off her wedding planning and delay a decision about her future at the co-op, life begins to feel ever more unstable. Jules is approaching the biggest challenge she’s ever faced: motherhood. For the first time in Jules’s life, she can’t envision the future she wants. Can she make a life as a horsewoman and mother? And can she find a forever home for her family, or will she always feel like she’s wandering in search of something better?

Ten months after giving birth to her son, Jules is back on top. Or, she’s ready to be. She and Pete have traveled to Maryland in prep for the Chesapeake Three-Day Event, one of America’s toughest events, for the first time. A big win could be the perfect cap to her comeback season. Jules is where she belongs competition-wise, but there’s one problem: she’s in the wrong state. Because the fact is, Jules just hates Maryland. With Lindsay and Lacey holding down the fort back in Florida, Jules knows her farm is in safe hands, but that doesn’t stop her from feeling homesick. And life on the road with a baby and his nanny is difficult and distracting. Jules has six weeks to prove that she can survive at the top of her sport, while being the wife and mother she wants to be. Can she put up with snooty Hunt Country eventers, an old-school trainer who isn’t ready to give up her horses to Jules and Pete, and way too little sunshine? And what will Jules’ future look like, now that horses are no longer the most important thing in her life?

If Jules was sure about one thing, it was that she would never become a riding instructor. But suddenly she is the lead instructor at the Alachua Eventing Co-Op, in charge of the hopes and dreams of a dozen young riders. Her beloved working student, Lacey, is back; her star student, Lindsay, is becoming a devoted horsewoman; and though Jules never thought she’d be so sentimental, she loves training up a new generation of riders. Her own riding has never been better, and Jules will be able to afford a promising new horse to bring up through the levels if she and Dynamo can win at the Central Park Horse Show in the fall. But cracks start to show as summer sets in. Pete’s overbearing new owner is pressuring him to push his horse too fast. Dynamo is suddenly showing his age on the cross-country course. And sparks are flying between Jules and her new coach, Evan Folkes. As mounting tension threatens her relationship with Pete, and the lights of New York City beckon, will Jules decide to chase new dreams? Or can she choose Pete and the life they’ve built together, and still move forward?

This time, Jules might finally be in over her head. Pete is away in California, trying to find himself, and Jules’ promising new horse, Confident Liar, is proving to be a tough ride. Not to mention, her employers are putting the pressure on, expecting more from Jules than she can possibly provide them and their children. And Evan Folkes is dangling a shot at international competition that Jules is hard-pressed to resist. She has the support of her old friends and her beloved students, but she’s being pulled in a million different directions by people with more money, more time, and more influence. No one is going to wait around while Jules figures out what she wants. On a collision course with the confrontational head of the co-op board, and without Pete to turn to for advice, Jules is drawn back toward her coach. Evan has always wanted to be more than friends, but he’s never been trustworthy. Jules might be risking everything in her attempt to please everyone. She thought she could have it all - but was that too good to be true?

In Natalie Keller Reinert's utterly immersive and propulsive eight-book Eventing Series, we follow Jules and her friends through the joys and losses of competitive eventing as they climb to the top of their sport--and into one another's lives and hearts. Jules and Pete have hit rock bottom. They are living in the middle of nowhere in a tiny horse trailer, dependent on nearby farms for training facilities. Despite all that, Jules has never been happier. She has her horses and her boyfriend and her loyal beagle, and, for perhaps the first time ever, she feels free. But Pete, who is still reeling from the loss of the beautiful farm he was supposed to inherit, struggles to adapt to their new life. And when word of their circumstances gets out, the owners Jules and Pete depend on begin to question whether they can trust them. Desperate to shore up their reputation, Jules starts teaching and is surprised that she enjoys it. As she begins to imagine a different kind of life, Pete schemes to get back to the top of the equestrian scene. When he resorts to questionable tactics to secure a new horse, Jules realizes how lost he is. Jules has never considered herself to be lucky, but maybe she's had it wrong all along. Can she convince Pete that the only luck they need is their horses and each other?

In Natalie Keller Reinert's utterly immersive and propulsive eight-book Eventing Series, we follow Jules and her friends through the joys and losses of competitive eventing as they climb to the top of their sport--and into one another's lives and hearts. Jules Thornton isn't afraid of anything--except, maybe, riding racehorses. So she never imagined she would find herself at a racetrack at dawn. But her new home, Briar Hill Farm, is in trouble, and she and her boyfriend, Pete Morrison, are willing to do just about anything to save it. The one silver lining to Jules's unexpected side job is Alex, her new boss. Easygoing and cheerful, Alex couldn't be more different from Jules. But they share a passion for their horses and a fierce drive to succeed, and for the first time in her life, Jules has a true friend. She needs Alex right now, because Pete has been more distant than ever. Is he hiding something? And why is he spending so much time with a new friend down the street? As Pete continues to flounder, Jules takes the reins. But is the right path for her the right path for Pete, too? And can she convince him that he will be okay without Briar Hill, if the legal case threatening their home doesn't go their way? To move forward, Pete and Jules must learn that real courage means hanging on for dear life and knowing when to let go.

In Natalie Keller Reinert's utterly immersive and propulsive eight-book Eventing Series, we follow Jules and her friends through the joys and losses of competitive eventing, as they climb to the top of their sport--and into one another's lives and hearts. It took a hurricane for her to admit it, but Jules Thornton is finally falling in love. After losing her farm and nearly her life last year, Jules is back on her feet, living with her horseman boyfriend, Pete Morrison, at his idyllic Briar Hill Farm. But it's trouble in paradise when Pete is offered a dream sponsorship and a trip to England, while Jules is offered a much less glamorous position in Florida vacationland. Pete is counting on her to help him keep Briar Hill afloat, so she swallows her pride and goes. Through everything life has thrown at her, Jules has been confident in one thing: she knows horses, and she has a special connection with her horse, Dynamo. But her new trainer doesn't seem to see Jules's talent. With Pete on another continent and Dynamo struggling in the arena, Jules doesn't know who she is anymore--as a girlfriend or a horsewoman. Is this new relationship worth relearning everything Jules thought she knew about horses and about life?

In Natalie Keller Reinert's utterly immersive and propulsive eight-book Eventing Series, we follow Jules and her friends through the joys and losses of competitive eventing as they climb to the top of their sport--and into one another's lives and hearts. Jules Thornton didn't come to Florida horse country to make friends. With her beloved horse, Dynamo, and her ruthless ambition, she is intent on becoming a world-class rider and trainer. Chasing dreams this big doesn't leave much time for things like friends or vacations or properly cooked meals. And she certainly doesn't have time for Pete Morrison, the handsome heir to one of Ocala's grandest horse farms, who keeps beating her at events and, for some reason, asking her out to dinner. But even Jules has to admit that she is hanging on by a thread. As a new horse challenges her skills and her farm slips toward bankruptcy, she begins to realize her ambition can take her only so far. With hurricane season on the horizon, Jules will need to learn to trust her community--or risk losing everything.

Mackenzie's life needs a complete makeover. Just like her retired racehorse.Halfway between a quarter-life crisis and a midlife one -- that's where you'll find Mackenzie O'Neill. With the glitter of West Palm Beach and the debris of a failed marriage in her truck's rear-view mirror, she's heading to North Florida to start over as a groom for show-jumper Basil Han and his girlfriend, Kayla Moore (The Sweetheart Horse).With her, she brings a retired racehorse she loves with all her heart, and her hope of taking him to the Thoroughbred Makeover competition in Kentucky. Oh, and a lot of emotional baggage about controlling men. She's looking forward to healing and personal growth on a quiet farm.She didn't know about the farrier renting stalls and an apartment in the same barn where she'll be living and working.As Mackenzie works on repairing her life and retraining her off-track Thoroughbred, she finds it harder and harder to resist this quiet giant of a man, who rehabs racehorses with a gentle hand. But she knows better than to let a charming man past her defenses. Even one who lives just across the barn aisle.Even one who might be her only hope to get her beloved ex-racehorse to the Thoroughbred Makeover.Book Five in the heartwarming Ocala Horse Girls series brings back old friends and introduces new ones in a relatable, emotional, and thoroughly horsey adventure Combining the best of romantic comedy and women's fiction, the Ocala Horse Girls are full of fun, heart, and friendship.

Mackenzie's life needs a complete makeover. Just like her retired racehorse.Halfway between a quarter-life crisis and a midlife one -- that's where you'll find Mackenzie O'Neill. With the glitter of West Palm Beach and the debris of a failed marriage in her truck's rear-view mirror, she's heading to North Florida to start over as a groom for show-jumper Basil Han and his girlfriend, Kayla Moore (The Sweetheart Horse).With her, she brings a retired racehorse she loves with all her heart, and her hope of taking him to the Thoroughbred Makeover competition in Kentucky. Oh, and a lot of emotional baggage about controlling men. She's looking forward to healing and personal growth on a quiet farm.She didn't know about the farrier renting stalls and an apartment in the same barn where she'll be living and working.As Mackenzie works on repairing her life and retraining her off-track Thoroughbred, she finds it harder and harder to resist this quiet giant of a man, who rehabs racehorses with a gentle hand. But she knows better than to let a charming man past her defenses. Even one who lives just across the barn aisle.Even one who might be her only hope to get her beloved ex-racehorse to the Thoroughbred Makeover.Book Five in the heartwarming Ocala Horse Girls series brings back old friends and introduces new ones in a relatable, emotional, and thoroughly horsey adventure Combining the best of romantic comedy and women's fiction, the Ocala Horse Girls are full of fun, heart, and friendship.

An unlikely friendship...could it become something more? Striking out on her own for the first time, Alison is a barn manager extraordinaire with a reputation for flawless horsemanship. Unfortunately, she might have underestimated the challenges of running a farm on her own. Teaching beginners to ride is the only thing keeping her little stable afloat...but Alison is holding tightly to her dreams.When she agrees to take on a Hollywood has-been in need of cowboy lessons, she only has two goals in mind: earn enough money to keep her fledgling training stable in business, and make the payments on a horse she can't live without. But Cary Davies, former child-star, brings a sunny, devil-may- care attitude to her strait-laced stable that has Alison equal parts charmed and confused. And as she finds herself growing closer to both Cary and the heart horse she's bet everything on, Alison finds herself facing the past that has made her who she is today, in hopes of finding a fulfilling tomorrow.This friends-to-lovers romance is a poignant and big-hearted journey for a horsewoman searching for meaning, filled with summer evening rides, break-of-dawn farm chores, and the thrill of training and showing horses.Ocala Horse Girls is a bestselling, award-winning romance/women's fiction series featuring women chasing their dreams and finding love in the Horse Capital of the World, Ocala, Florida. Written with adults in mind, these books are thoughtfully created to be appropriate for young adult readers as well, making them ideal for horse lovers of all ages. The content is sweet, clean, and extremely horsey The Ocala Horse Girls series is part of Natalie Keller Reinert's Florida Equestrians Collection and includes characters and settings also found in Briar Hill Farm, The Eventing Series, Show Barn Blues, and more. Learn more at nataliekreinert.com.

Everyone wants the one thing they can't have. Except Evie, who wants two things.Evie Ballenger has been living life to the bare minimum since retiring her heart horse. She's convinced herself that's enough, but when she gets a shot at an event horse which could rocket her into the big-time she always dreamed of, our ambitious horse girl can't leave well enough alone Plunged into the world of famous grump/trainer Malcolm Horsham, she stumbles over and over in her pursuit of riding glory...and the man who keeps slipping up and showing her his softer side.A delightful rom-com set in the beautiful heart of Florida horse country, this grumpy/sunshine romance will have you rooting for Evie and Malcolm all the way to the starting box

Evie Ballenger has been living life to the bare minimum. Retiringher heart horse has left her doubtful she can ever make it as anevent rider. She's convinced herself working in the Thoroughbredbusiness is good enough. After all, she gets paid to ride horses.How much more could she ask for?But when Evie's cousin dangles the potential to ride an eventhorse way out of her financial league, it's a carrot too juicy toresist. There's a caveat to acquiring this horse: he's already booked with notorious grump and top event rider MalcolmHorsham. Evie finds she's not ready to give up on her eventingdreams after all, but her simple life is about to get complicated.At Fine Day Farm, Evie stumbles over and over in her pursuitof riding glory . . . and the notoriously tough horseman whokeeps slipping up and showing her his hidden, softer side.With this slow-burn, grumpy/sunshine romance in the fabulousworld of Ocala horse country, you'll find yourself rooting forEvie and Malcolm to figure it out . . . and find happiness in andout of the saddle

Return to Hell and Dammit Cay with your friends for a new adventure in the Florida Keys.Fulfilling a dream for a friend? That's all in a day's work for Katie, who (almost) single-handedly saved Sea Horse Ranch and Hell and Dammit Cay from ruination. So when the island's resident old salt, Marchant, has a brush with death that leaves him longing to satisfy some of his long-deferred desires, Katie is on the job.It's just one more thing on her plate, but Katie is pretty sure she can keep all her plates spinning. Add in a new friend, a long-lost relative, and some stormy weather, and you're in for a fabulous beach read in this second installment of Sea Horse Ranch.Head home to the Keys and spend time with your favorite Conchs in this second installment of Sea Horse Ranch