I hope everyone had a fun and safe 4th of July holiday! Not only is it Thursday again, but it also happens to be my daughter’s 6th Birthday!! I’m taking a break from balloons, cake, streamers, and presents to let you know about a few great horse-themed books by author Shannon Kennedy, starting with No Horse Wanted (Shamrock Stable Book 1), Fire and Ice Young Adult Books (September 12, 2013).

No Horse Wanted won the Must Read YA Romance Award from Sneak Peek, was an Eppie finalist, and was featured in Young Rider Magazine – Book Bag (May/June 2014).

Summary:  The only thing that Robin Gibson wants for her sixteenth birthday is a 1968 Presidential Blue Mustang. Following their family tradition, what her parents promise her is a horse of her own, one with four legs, not four wheels. Mom competes in endurance riding, Dad does calf roping, her older brother games and her older sister loves three-day eventing, but Robin proudly says that she doesn’t do horses. She’ll teach her controlling family a lesson by bringing home the worst horse she can find, a starved, abused two-year-old named Twaziem.

Robin figures she’ll nurse him back to health, sell him, and have the money for her car. Rescuing and rehabilitating the Morab gelding might be a bigger challenge than what she planned. He comes between her and her family. He upsets her friends when she looks after his needs first. Is he just an investment or is he part of her future? And if she lets him into her heart will she win or will she lose?

After you read No Horse Wanted, be sure to check out these other must-read books in the Shamrock Stable series:

See you next week, when we’ll delve into the elite world of showing on the A circuit. Until then, happy reading!