2020 Dr Tony Ryan Book Award finalist!
ï»żâShantz has written a fantastic debut novel set within the behind-the-scenes setting of the (Canadian) racing industry with backdrops of Woodbine and its Queenâs Plate, Churchill DownsâŠand Snowbird destinations like Gulfstream and Payson Park.â â Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.
If Liv wasnât such a control freak, it wouldnât have rubbed her the wrong way when the farmâs new exercise rider stepped in to resuscitate newborn Chique, the first foal out of her fatherâs favourite mare. Nateâs equal parts good-looking and good with horses, and the kind of distraction she canât afford as a woman trying to make it in a manâs world.
When she drops out of vet school to get her jockeyâs license in New York, intent on coming back to Ontario to ride Chique in the Queenâs PlateâCanadaâs most prestigious raceâNateâs skill and dedication make him the obvious choice to keep an eye on the filly.
Heâs not supposed to become key to her plan.
Tragedy brings her home prematurely, disrupting her career, and her life. Now if Chiqueâs going to become the racehorse sheâs meant to be â and Livâs going to find significance again â sheâll have to let go of her stubborn ideals and let Nate in, to her dreamâŠand her heart.