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Studs and Stilettos (The Second Chance Series) Audio CD – Unabridged, March 1, 2021

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Book 2 of 3: Second Chance Romance Series

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08Z9W51FF
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tantor and Blackstone Publishing; Unabridged edition (March 1, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Audio CD ‏ : ‎ 1 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8200445714
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.3 x 7.5 inches

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Bev is a three-time nominee in the National Readers Choice Award and a two-time finalist in RWA's Golden Heart® Contest as well as the winner of many other international awards including the Reader Views Reviewer’s Choice Award, Aspen Gold Reader’s Choice Award, NEC-RWA Reader’s Choice Award, Write Touch Readers' Award, a Kirkus Recommended Read, and a HOLT Medallion Award of Merit. She competed on the Alberta Thoroughbred race circuit and is an Equine Canada certified coach.

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paula legate

loved this book

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2015

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I really enjoyed this book. Read this book after you have read thoroughbreds and trailer trash. This book had a lot of knowledge in it. The author did her homework about making props for movies, and about horses. I loved the suspense of the book. The book was about them making a movie about a famous horse, and his trainer that just disappeared.

Emily had been attempting to break into the world of acting. She got onto a bus full of other people that would be extras for a day and was driving two hours away from Louisville. She was down to her last dollar, and her car was in the shop with no money to get it fixed. She was so tired of calling up her sister and asking for help. Emily got the chance to get a small part working with a horse. She grew up around horses, and loved them. She found out she had to be back at 8 am for the part, but the bus would not be making the trip. Emily made the best of a bad situation, she made a bed out of hay and slept in the barn with the horses. Dan came by to check on the horses before going to bed. He found Emily sleeping, and didn't want to leave her unguarded. Dan had just met Emily that day, and I thought it was so sweet that he slept in a chair nearby Emily to keep her safe. He left before she woke up, so Emily thought no one knew where she had slept. This is how the book started out, and it only gets better from here.

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cute story

Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2014

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This was a cute story. It is all about the making of a movie about the life of a famous racehorse. Assuming all the movie making points were true, then it gave a lot of info on how movies really are behind the scenes. The heroine wants to be a movie star. I really didn't like her that much. To me she was a self-absorbed, self-centered teeny bopper that lived off her sister's rich husband. I am not sure of her age but she was either very young or very immature. She seemed to be flitting around trying to find her place in the world while her sister footed the bills for her.

So she decides she wants to be a star, things are not happening, duh, so she winds up showing up as a background person in a movie about 2 hrs. from her home. From the very first, she has no intentions of following any rules, etc. She is going to make her mark no matter how she does it. Rules just don't apply to her. She got on my nerves a bit. But she manages to catch the eye of a world famous horse trainer, known for avoiding actresses and the like. Of course, they are all after him but due to family issues he shies away.

She has a lot of issues as well. There is mystery involved. A groom disappeared 20 years ago and that plays a bit part in the movie. The owner of the racehorse that almost was, and the property, etc. was a skirt chaser in his day and at his current age is still hot for a gal in a wet t-shirt.

I really liked the hero. I was not sure why he was so attracted to the heroine. Don't know his age either. But, all said, it was a cute story, a bit of mystery added a bit to the story, and it had a happy ending and no horses were injured in the making of this story, so I liked it. I would recommend it.

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A memorable read

Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2014

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Horses, romance, and a mystery to boot. What's not to like? Unlike most authors who pepper their bodice-rippers with horses, Bev Pettersen really knows her way around both ends of the racehorse--and that's straight from the horse's mouth. Nothing worse than misnamed tack and a general lack of clarity on gaits, to spoil a good story. I can't tell you how many authors have unwittingly turned their horses out to pasture wearing a bridle!

This is a story of a movie being filmed on a Kentucky horse farm featuring a horse that could be modeled after Seabiscuit, or Man-o-War. Aspiring actress Emily Murphy's pressing dilemma is fame vs fortune (love) when she falls for the hunky horse wrangler/trainer, Dan Barrett, but she also desperately wants to see her name on the big screen replete with a speaking part, not just as an extra, or background--but with a union SAG card. I've been background, and it's no picnic. MInd-numbingly long hours and low pay. My old truck (also an extra) got paid more than me on the Nash Bridges set!

Apparently Studs and Stilettos is a sequel to Thoroughbreds and Trailer Trash, but it's a solid standalone book. A good plot, a rollicking read with a murder mystery to be solved. It reminded me of another book I'd read ages ago, Horses and Heroin, and I was delighted to discover that it too was written by the same author. Studs and Stilettos is not dressed in the same racing silks as the incomparable Dick Francis, but it's a memorable read, just the same. I look forward to reading Thoroughbreds and Trailer Trash next.

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Nancy Levine "Nancy"

Best "horse" story I've read in a long time

Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2014

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Loved it! Emily started out as a little shallow at the beginning, but she grew and changed as the book went on, and I love when characters do that. I liked Dan, too, and how he couldn't help falling in love with Emily.

Loved the setting and the info. about horses and movie-making kept me reading.

I loved how Emily was so concerned about Billy and others (Wally, etc.) who touched her life, and how she made sure Dan kept Barney.

My favorite part of the book was when Emily went back home and saw the house that had replaced the trailer where she and Jenna had lived. I understand how she felt losing her childhood home and being afraid she wouldn't be welcome in the new house Jenna's husband had built for her. I cried when she saw all the mementos Jenna's husband had saved and put into the new house. This is because I am going through my parents' house right now to sell it and I felt exactly the way Emily did yesterday when I went to do some work over there. Hope I can figure out a way to put the things I'm saving into my condo somehow.

Looking forward to reading Book 3!

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Book Maniac

Grows on you

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 16, 2014

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I nearly dumped this off my Kindle as the heroine, Emily, seems really shallow and full of self-interest at the start of this story. I do like to give books the benefit of the doubt, however, so I persevered through several pages where I thoroughly disliked the self-serving Emily. Then she gradually begins to emerge as a kind-hearted girl and you see her in a different light, which draws you into her life and her attraction to Dan. She is given a background part in a movie and strikes up an uneasy friendship with Judith, another backgound actress, who has her own agenda going on. It becomes obvious that Judith is obsessed with a 20 year old mystery and persuades Emily into helping her to find out what happened. Not hard to figure out who was involved, despite a couple of red herrings. This was a well written tale and kept me engrossed right up to the end. Glad I downloaded it to my Kindle and will read more of this author's work.

Joanna Brocklehurst-Smith

a good read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 12, 2014

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A well written book that kept me guessing till the end. I don't ready many mystery books but I never figured out 'who dunnit' till the very end so I was impressed at that. Hate knowing at the beginning. Characters where all well thought out and they all have their funny moments too xx

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Helen

Lovely read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 3, 2014

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Really enjoyed this story about a struggling actress and gorgeous cowboy. A good book, easy to read, worth a few hours

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ann coventry

Interesting

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 20, 2014

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Definitely of the Dick Francis or John Francome genre, although it leaned rather more towards the romantic than mystery for me personally. I would buy this author again

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