The Ride of Her Life
Books | Fiction / Romance / Romantic Comedy
3.5
Jennifer Dugan
From the author of Love at First Set, a new irresistible enemies-to-lovers, grumpy/sunshine queer romcom for fans of Delilah Green Doesn’t Care, about a wedding-obsessed city girl who inherits a horse farm from her estranged late aunt, and clashes with the cocky, unfairly hot farrier who thinks she’s going to run the barn into the ground.Molly McDaniel’s life is falling apart. Between her day job as a barista, her night job at a call center, and her crushing student loans, she’s barely getting by. And that dream she has of starting a wedding event planning business? The dream that led to all those student loan in the first place? She can feel it slipping farther and farther out of reach every day. So the absolute last thing she needs is to discover she’s inherited a run-down, struggling horse barn out of the blue, courtesy of her estranged late aunt.Molly is so ill-equipped to run the barn, it’s laughable. She certainly doesn’t have the money, time or knowledge needed to save it, no matter how much faith everyone who loved her aunt has that she will. But the more Molly gets involved, the more she starts to wonder: maybe the barn is a blessing in disguise. If she can sell the land, the profits could be the small-business seed money miracle she’s been waiting for. So what if she’s starting to love everyone in the mismatched family she’s found here?Well, everyone except Shani, the resident farrier and family friend who took care of Molly’s aunt in her last days. Judgmental, grouchy Shani, who refuses to give up on the barn; who walks around like she so much better than Molly; who’s actually really good with the horses…and kind of thoughtful. And obnoxiously hot. And unfailingly loyal.And suddenly, Shani has become an entirely different kind of problem, one Molly can’t possibly solve, not without risking her whole future, no matter how much her heart wishes she could.
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Author
Jennifer Dugan
Pages
352
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published Date
2024-05-28
ISBN
0063307537 9780063307537
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"Thank you to Avon and Harper Voyager for the advanced digital copy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review (although I am late to posting my review, but better late than never!)<br/><br/>Dugan did a great job with the enemies to loves portion. Seeing it from Shani's side, I can totally understand the animosity she has towards Molly at first. But seeing as it was something that was totally out of Molly's control, I was kind of hoping she could eventually be a little more understanding. So naturally I found the constant conflict between the two a little frustrating at times. I felt like the romance portion seemed to happen out of nowhere (not that I'm complaining).<br/><br/>I thought the backstory between Molly's aunt and mother played a big part that was only briefly mentioned. I was hoping for a bigger explanation. So the mom just not wanting to deal with the conversation with her daughter just felt like a cop-out. Molly's relationships with both her mom and her best friend didn't really seem to have a resolution (although I'd be glad to see the not so best friend go). <br/><br/>I enjoyed the little misfit found family Molly seems to have stumbled her way into. I'm glad she's able to find her feet within the story as well. Overall, this was a fun city girl meets country girl, enemies to lovers romance."