Once Upon A Horse

About the Book

When two horse crazy sweethearts graduate from high school, Russell has rodeo and marriage to Lindsey on his mind. Although she loves Russell, Lindsey isn't ready to settle down. She intends to pursue a career breeding and training hunter/jumpers; and for that she must go away.

Jean Wakefield, Lindsey's mom, is a nurse in a seniors' home. When she gets the opportunity to travel to Britain with an elderly patient, Lindsey seizes the chance to go along. She wants to travel, and get her British Horse Society Certificate.

At the Fulmer School of Equitation in Somerset, England, Lindsey learns more than the art of riding, as her relationship develops and deepens with Mark McTaggart, the school's flamboyant and wealthy Irish riding master.

Lindsey's adventures take her from rural British Columbia to the highlands of Scotland; from foxhunting at Leamaneh, Mark's castle home in Ireland, to re-connecting with her estranged father in Northumberland; and from mucking stalls, to the world of show jumping and dressage.

Forced to choose between her Irish love and her Canadian cowboy, Lindsey returns to Canada where a twist of fate and a tragic event reveal where her true destiny lies.

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About the Author

Sheila Watson was born and raised in the West Kootenays of British Columbia where she gained a great love of nature and animals. She now lives on a farm in Sundre, Alberta where she raises and trains Morgan horses. Her job as a rural school bus driver gives her the freedom in the summer to ride the high country of the Rocky Mountains. Besides the horses and other animals, Sheila's family consists of husband Harv, son Dean, and daughter Hayley