Horse Farm

Horses nuzzle their way into our hearts and have a way of teaching us a lot about ourselves, about life, and even about God. Explore the timeless wisdom of God's word through this beautiful horse devotional from horse enthusiast Cara Whitney. Through years spent working with these majestic animals, Whitney has learned countless spiritual lessons that have brought her closer to God.

Happily single, Harper Bishop trusts in only one passion - her rescue farm and healing her thoroughbred, Phoenix. Her dream is to lead him to the Triple Crown. But how unreachable is it without experience or help? A handsome new guest at her family’s B&B has what it takes to make it come true. And with his irresistible brogue, warm smile, and soothing touch, he’s a major distraction.

A Prequel to "The Impelled Series": Sixteen year old Emma Walker’s world revolves around one thing: horses. When Emma isn’t navigating her junior year of high school with her two best friends at her side, she is riding or working her horses board off at the barn. There is one thing that taints a perfect day at the barn though – the barn owners son, Luke, and his posse of infuriating friends. To make matters worse, Luke attends her high school and is friends with Emma’s former friend, and now sworn rival, Jaclyn Alcott. As if juggling horses and high school isn’t hard enough, ...

There is little in this world that a family cannot endure, if endure they must. For we all have it within us to lose everything, absolutely everything, and still find strength in the most simple, beautiful things. Pat and Mandy Retzlaff lived a hard but satisfying farming life in Zimbabwe. Working all hours of the day on their sprawling ranch and raising three boisterous children, they savored the beauty of the veld and the diverse wildlife that grazed the meadows outside their dining room window. After their children, the couple's true pride and joy were their horses.

Desiree Summer hates being the new girl in the small, close-knit town of Wishful Hollow, especially when she’s assigned to take on the town’s most eligible bachelor who’s turned speed dating into an art. She has a life ahead of her full of horses and places to go, but she also wants to please her recently widowed father. All bets are off when she meets Kyle Landon, the dreamy writer who collects the eerie and foreboding folktales in the hills and hollows. She follows him into the deep, dark woods, enchanted by his tales and haunted by old ruins whispering of lost love never found. ...

Traditional and progressive meet in ruby red west-central Texas... Emmie Warren is a middle school teacher who is trying not to rock the boat until she can finish her Master’s Degree and find the courage to move herself and her son away from sleepy Sweetwater to diverse, vibrant Austin, the only place in Texas she ever felt free to be herself. She’s been hiding her truth for years. She doesn’t see any reason to change that before she can make a clean break of things and start all over. Cass Prater is a brash cowgirl who lives life out loud, wherever she lives. She's got a plan and she...

She's his little sister's best friend. Completely off limits. And now they're working together. Jaxon Green's plans to offer a summer camp for kids at his thoroughbred training facility get derailed when his cook walks out a few days before camp begins. There's only one person available to help on such short notice: Willow Daniels, his little sister's college roommate and best friend. The problem is, Jaxon's feelings for Willow are anything but brotherly. How is he supposed to resist her, when they're going to be working side by side for weeks? Willow Daniels loves the Green family -- all ...

In what has been deemed perhaps the "Greatest Horse Racing Novel Ever Written" Favored to Win has garnered fans all over the world. First published in 2000, popularity of Favored to Win spawned the Winning Odds Series. Fans wanted more of Ben and Dawn and Tom and Randy and all of the other lovable and quirky characters at Meg's Meadows and Nottingham Downs. They wanted more of the way horse racing should be. When it all began, Dawn never meant to hurt anyone. She never meant to live a lie; she never meant to fall in love. Sometimes things just happen. As the mysteries and excitement of ...

Set on a farm in rural Devon, Farm Boy is a collection of Grandpa's reminiscences and stories, touchingly told to his grandson. Joey was the last working horse on the farm, and the apple of Grandpa's eye. In War Horse, Joey was sent away from the farm to be a warhorse in World War I. Grandpa had joined the cavalry in order to find, and fight, with Joey. Farm Boy brings us forward 50 years....

Joe, an ugly and unloved horse, trusts no one, and no one trusts him. Until Vicky. This is the story of a troubled horse and the little girl who loves him. Based on the true adventures of the author's childhood 50 years ago, Joe teaches the lesson that sometimes beauty is not skin deep, but heart deep. That the unloved have much to show us about the true nature of love.

A collection of novelettes, short stories, and poems by the author of ‘Muted’ and the ‘Outback Riders’ series. Skilfully crafted stories that capture the magic, the wonder, and the heartbreak of rural Australia and the outback. Many of the stories highlight the resilience of the girls and women who live in the outback. Moving and memorable tales that will stay with you long after the book is finished. ‘Flame the Fire Horse’ is the story of a legendary horse of the outback, as well as the stockman who knew him. Follow the remarkable life of the chestnut stallion and the quiet man...

Whinny and neigh. Gallop and trot. Horses are at home on the farm.

Fans love Erica Silverman’s touching series featuring an industrious young cowgirl and her mischievous horse. Spring is bringing about many changes on the ranch. New little critters are popping up all over the place and they’re going to need someone to take care of them. Kate’s just the girl for the job, but Cocoa isn’t sure he wants any new friends. So Kate teaches her best buddy a few lessons about playing nice and doing what’s right.

Horse lovers,rejoice! When the MAPLE DALE Equestrian Center is sold to a developer, Leah as its headmistress is so determined to prevent its imminent destruction, not even death will stop her. Fiercely independent, but lost and alone, for the first time in her life she must rely on others, learn how to trust, and ultimately to forgive. Compelling and heartwarming, Maple Dale is the story of her relationship with her students and the family she never knew she had. A family as diverse and troubled as you've ever met, and yet who must come together in singular purpose, for Leah's sake. MaryAnn...

Maple Dale ~ My Forever Home ~ Book Three of the Maple Dale Series Trouble ahead. When Mindy’s horse-psychic friend Hillary elicits her help to steal a horse targeted for slaughter, they quickly learn that there are legitimate horse thieves in town and the sheriff’s department is out searching for all of them. Their partner in crime, dear sweet old Mrs. Butchling once again finds herself at the helm of this horse rescue, much like the deer herd that she, Bethann, and Mindy illegally transported across state lines not too long ago. Along the highway, Mindy meets Shane, a utility worker ...

The award-winning, humorous true story of an animal-phobic, city robotics engineer who learns too late that his new bride's dream is to have a farm where she can rescue ex-racehorses. When the newlyweds take a Meyers-Briggs Personality Test for fun, they discover their marriage is doomed. There is only one problem: they took the test after the wedding.

First published in 1733 as Ecole de Cavalerie by François Robichon de la Guérinière, this book is considered as the beginning of modern equitation. The book is most famous for its introduction of the shoulder-in. The theories in this book provide the basis for all modern equitation, and it is probably the most important work on the subject ever written. It was translated from the French to English by Tracy Boucher.

A name is destiny...or is it? Young Vicky is reeling from the loss of her old horse Joe, but eager to help the flighty, impossible to ride young mare, Witch. Unpredictable and dangerous, Witch's future is bleak. In her first moment with the horse no one trusted, Vicky changed Witch's name to Gidget, a hopeful benediction. "If only changing her name is all it took to change behavior," the farm owner laments. Despite her new name, Gidget, the horse formerly known as Witch, struggles to abandon old, unstable habits.

Full of friendship and adventure, this charming story collection from Michael Morpurgo celebrates the way the countryside and its animals can leave an impression on a child’s heart forever. Full of friendship and adventure, these three uplifting stories capture the wonder, muck and magic of a city child’s week on the farm. Join in the daring rescue of a lost lamb, meet a boy who saves a family of swallows and discover how Barney the horse forever changes the life of the girl who looks after him.

The riders of Old Quarry Lake Farms are enjoying their summer together. Newcomer Shelby Simone and her friends Katherine Wilson and Rose Jensen spend all of their free time hanging out at the barn and exploring the town. Shelby is taking part in her first horse camp at the farm. Between her lack of riding experience and having Katherine as a junior counselor, Shelby feels equal parts confident and awkward. Katherine and Rose have been riding horses for years, and they’re all the same age—Shelby will never be able to catch up with them!