I received this book from Member's Giveaway. I thought this was a cute book. I particularly liked that it was not strictly a romance novel. The premise is Casie, who owns a horse ranch, has her neck up to problems with three teenagers, law suits, sick horses and a man who is getting under her skin.

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I received this from Library Thing to read and review. Since I had never read any other author’s books, I wondered if I would enjoy this before I began. I need not have worried. In the vein of Debbie Macomber and Susan Wiggs, this novel will suck the reader in from the get-go. Cassie Carmichael runs a dude ranch, but in addition to her paying guest, a bronco-riding grandmother, she also has taken in abused animals and three , troubled teenagers: Ty, whose mother bet him, Sophie, daughter of a real estate mogul who pays little or no attention to his daughter, and Emily, an unwed teenage mother. Add in a would-be love interest, Colt, and Cassie finds herself with her hands full. This story winds through numerous adventures in their daily lives. The author has provided a story filled with love, hope and a solid sense of family (though, as Cassie reminds us, they are not really a family in the truest sense of the word). Once I began, I found myself eagerly awaiting the next page and/or chapter to see how things would turn out for Cassie’s “family”. One thing I found very interesting is the interest the author has portrayed the plight of abused animals, something not often touched in books of this genre. The characters are both endearing and real as are the situations. Now that I have read this book, I will seek out other books by the author and await any future books. Finally, the author or publisher has included questions for group discussions, knowing that this book is an ideal candidate for these. ( )

Home Fires by Lois Greiman
Finding home is the series with this being the next in line. Casie has told her city boyfriend she's done with him and stays on the farm her father left her when he died.
She adopts not only animals that nobody wants but a child from another farm, Ty whose mother was beating him up, and a pregnant girl, Emily and the real estates daughter, Sophie to make her strong and a love interest, Colt Dickinson.
Colt attempts to come to the rescue with $10k when she needs it for Angels' surgery and Casie does not want to take it...
He is also there to lend her farm a horse for the guest that is paying for the next several weeks. and he's there to help heal the horse with a foot problem.
More trouble arises when Sophie learns of what a farm closeby does to the mares that are pregnant-for health procedures and she enlists Ty to help rescue some of the horses...
Helpful info on raising of horses and most other animals...
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