A curvy woman determined to take things slow + an alpha stallion shifter who knows what he wants + a boisterous horse shifter family cheering him on = one heart-warming and hilarious romance! Hope Callahan is ready for love, but she's been burned by too many men who promise everything and deliver nothing. When she turns to a matchmaker to help her find the perfect man, she meets a smoking-hot stallion shifter who could run away with her heart. Hope knows he could be her true love, but he spooks her by jumping to marriage right out of the gate. Stallion shifter Josh Farris knows the instant he sees Hope that she's his mate. But when his attempt to sweep her off her feet falls flat, he worries that she isn't cut out for life on the ranch. What if introducing her to his huge family of horse shifters sends her running for the hills? Josh has to learn to take things slow and steady to have any chance of winning this race. But when acts of sabotage threaten the ranch, the alpha stallion has to defend his home and his mate. Can this relationship go the distance? Putting the Heart Before the Horse is a hot, heart-warming standalone horse shifter BBW paranormal romance. No cliffhangers!