Margins
Margins
Sign in
Margins
Subscribe to our newsletter
548 Market St PMB 65688, San Francisco California 94104-5401 USA
hello@margins.app
·
+1 (650) 223-5283
Privacy Policy
·
Terms of Use
© 2026 Paratext Inc. All rights reserved
Good Things Come
Good Things Come
Series · 7 books · 2020-2023
By
Linda Shantz
Books in series
#0
Bright, Broken Things
2022
Welcome to Triple Stripe Stables, a farm in the heart of Canadian Thoroughbred horse country… He’s racing cross-country, looking for a safe place to land. She’s dreading a future that was never her choice. They both want the same thing: to leave the past behind. September means school, but this year, Nate’s not going back. He’s heading east, and while everyone at home thinks he’s pursuing a career as a jockey, he’s really just running away. After always being a student, he lands a job as a teacher—of young Thoroughbreds, starting yearlings on a small but classy farm in Ontario. It’s the perfect place to hide, until a jockey’s agent comes along promising to give him everything he thought he ever wanted. How can he say no to a fast track to the career of his dreams? But can he go back on his commitment to the farm that gave him a break when his world had fallen apart? Liv likes the new guy she hired to start the babies, but she kind of hates him too. He’s doing what she wants to do herself—dropping out to chase a future on the front lines of horse racing. She wishes she could be content, accepting the path vet school has firmly set her on. But a filly named Claire has captured her heart and ignited her real passion: riding racehorses. Does everyone get to follow their heart? Meanwhile, a cherished mare on the farm carries a foal that will change both their lives and remind them… good things come to those who wait.
#1
Good Things Come
2020
“There’s so much more to life than horses.” Was there, though? If Liv wasn’t such a control freak, it wouldn’t have rubbed her the wrong way when the farm’s new exercise rider stepped in to resuscitate Chique, the first foal out of her father’s favourite mare. But when she drops out of vet school to get her jockey’s license in New York, intent on coming back to Ontario to ride Chique in the Queen’s Plate in three years, he’s the obvious choice to keep an eye on the filly. Nate’s content to watch Liv go, even though he’s got similar aspirations – when he’s not talked out of them by voices from his past. His growing bond with Chique might earn him Liv’s approval and give him the fresh start he’s looking for, but that’s as involved as he’s getting with the boss’s daughter. Not that Liv’s been receptive to anything more. Liv’s determined to keep their relationship professional, no matter how much Chique draws them together. Because racetrack romances are messy…and nothing can interfere with getting Chique to the Plate. Set against the backdrop of North America’s greatest racetracks, Good Things Come is a story about the hearts of Thoroughbreds...the people who love them...and the allure of Canada’s most prestigious race.
#2
All The Little Things
2021
"A perfect balance between a horse story, romance and everyday life." – Amazon reviewer. "A perfect summer read - it can stand alone well and yet fits in with Good Things Come beautifully." – Amazon reviewer. Faye Taylor grew up in the world of Thoroughbred horse racing, though she’s afraid of the animals herself. She stays in the background, balancing the cost of feed against the horses’ earnings (or lack thereof) and couldn’t handicap a race to save her life. It’s provided her with a home, albeit not the most stable one, and a steady supply of non-relationships—just the kind she likes. Now she’s trying to get over the jockey she made the mistake of falling for, she’s losing her biggest client, and possibly her best friend—and the Thoroughbred farm she and her brother inherited isn’t having a stellar year. The racing world that’s given her the life she’s come to know is looking even less stable than usual. When the opportunity to take over a local café presents itself, Faye sees a chance to start something new. Then along comes Will Callaghan, a complete outsider to the racing game. He’s both too tall and too nice—but he’ll make a fine reset button for the disaster that is currently her life. While she clues him into her strange world, he starts breaking off pieces of the shield she’s created to protect herself from her past. Faye is sure she can keep Will where she wants him. She’ll enjoy his part-time band, his part-time cat, and his baking skills might come in handy at the café. She’s not looking to get attached. But all the little things are starting to add up into something more. ♥ Bonus—includes recipes for Butter Tarts and Butter Tart Squares, because that kind of Canadian goodness needs to be shared. ♥ Read the whole series!
#3
All Good Things
2021
The sequel to front-running bestseller Good Things Come! With success comes opportunity. The Canadian Triple Crown is on the line, and Chique’s back to her old tricks, leaving her trainer, Liv Lahcance, and jockey, Nate Miller, scratching their heads in frustration. Figuring her out – for now, anyway – earns Nate the chance to ride in California for the winter. It means being apart from Liv and Chique. Is he sacirficing his tenuous relationship with Liv for his career? Ambition isn’t sitting easy when it means risking everything he’s ever really wanted. While Nate struggles to get a foothold at Santa Anita Liv throws her focus into Feste, Chique’s full brother and heir apparent to the scrappy filly. But Chique will draw Liv and Nate together again – just not in a way either of them imagined, and it just might tear them apart.
#4.5
Merry Little Things
2022
A parallel book to This Good Thing, (Good Things Come Book 4)! A wintry holiday story with snow hacks, Christmas baking, a quick trip to Florida for a wedding, and… puppies! Of all the holidays, Emilie loves Christmas best—but this year will be different. Her parents have moved back to Montreal after reconciling with a grandparent she's never had a relationship with, and her sister plans to spend the holiday with her fiancé's family out west—which means Emilie might very well be alone on her favourite day of the year. When a quick trip to Florida for her sister's wedding fails to have the desired side-effect—a prospective match of her own with the groom's younger brother—she returns to Ontario ready to make the most of the festive season. She takes a chance on a date with a guy she's been avoiding but, let's just say, she should have listened to her gut on that one. If she keeps herself busy enough, she'll never have to admit she's afraid of her own company. She has the family farm to oversee, hours to fulfil for an internship, horses to school and a friend with a busy café to help. But when she takes on one too many things she's totally overwhelmed—until friends come to the rescue, and she learns she's not as alone as she thinks she is. Bonus: includes a recipe for Nanaimo bars, a favourite Canadian treat.
#5
All The Best Things
2022
She should say no, for all the reasons. For the ghosting. For the moodiness. For being temporary. “Does he have a brother?” Everyone jokes when they say that, but Emilie’s crush—who married her sister—does. And he’s hot. Pro hockey player-hot. Except when she met Tim at the wedding, he was basically rude, then after messaging her at Christmas, he ghosted her. When her brother-in-law invites him to the farm to recuperate from an injury, she’s determined Tim’s not getting another chance. She’ll endure his presence while he’s around but stay out of his way. It should be easy, with her busy life. Right? Tim’s supposed to be living the dream of a career as a professional hockey player, but after a brief stint in the NHL he was sent back to the minors… then got hurt. Now his whole career is in jeopardy, and what is he going to do if he can’t play anymore? Visiting his brother might be just the thing to get himself into shape for training camp, but there’s one problem—Emilie. He messed up with her, not once, but twice. What’s it going to take to convince her he’s not the guy she thinks he is when every time he tries, things go sideways? A sweet small-town romance with all the characters you've come to love from the Good Things Come series.
#6
Horse Of The Year
2023
With the sport of kings in crisis, can one person make a difference? Liv’s never wanted any part of the spotlight, but the success of Just Jay has thrust her into it whether she likes it or not. Campaigning Triple Stripe’s “big horse” for Horse of the Year means every decision she makes as a trainer is scrutinized—on the backstretch, the internet, and by the Kentucky group interested in syndicating Jay as a stallion. Now her unconventional views on training racehorses are under fire, when all she wants is to get Jay through to the end of his career and keep everyone happy—her father, the syndicate, and most importantly, the horse. Read the whole series!
Author
Linda Shantz
Author · 7 books