JOCKEY SCHOOL IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS. A talented rider disappears without a trace. His frantic sister poses as a student. A private investigator's plans for quiet recuperation are shattered. Megan is determined to find her missing brother even though no one else at the illustrious California Jockey School seems to care. Her only ally is a recuperating PI who unfortunately is the owner's best friend. Soon she is caught between a blossoming romance and a far-reaching conspiracy...where misplaced trust can be deadly.

2015 Winner, Reader Views Best Romance 2015 Winner, Heart of Excellence Readers’ Choice Award, ACRA-RWA 2015 Winner Aspen Gold Readers Choice, HOD-RWA 2015 Winner Best Book, Canada-East, Reader Views 2015 Finalist, Top Five Romance, Kindle Book Awards 2015 Finalist, Holt Medallion, VRW-RWA 2015 Finalist, Book Buyers Best, OCC-RWA CAN HE WIN HER BACK? It’s been two rough years since Dani Tattrie has seen her husband. She didn’t plan on running their California ranch by herself, but she’s scraped by. Now though, a string of bad luck has left her reeling and ready to sell. Training horses is still her dream job but she’s never recovered from her husband’s bewildering incarceration. And she doesn’t have the money or energy to continue alone. Dex Tattrie has survived being locked up thanks to his biker gang relatives and a job working with horses at the prison farm. He didn’t expect to get out alive or to ever see his wife and dog again. Yet as his parole date inches closer, he dares to believe redemption might be possible. However, a conniving cop is lurking, ready to steal both Dani and the ranch at the slightest misstep. And Dex’s murky ties to a dead prostitute make it difficult to prove he’s still the man Dani married.

She can accept his past...but can he? Private investigator Rick Talbot shuns polite society, preferring to keep horrific memories at bay by hunting the most hardened of criminals. Tracking down stolen bridles at a California racetrack is a mind-numbing assignment that’s way beneath his pay grade. Besides, he isn’t burned out and he doesn’t need a working vacation—no matter what his employer thinks. Rookie trainer, Eve Lewis, has enough struggles coping with her boss’s antagonistic wife and a track community that resents outsiders. Theft and sabotage have made riding impossible, and so far, none of her horses have even made it to the starting gate. The last thing she needs is a badass investigator reporting on all her problems and threatening her ability to provide for her young son. But Rick is tough, smart and drop-dead gorgeous and seems like the best man to help when the sabotage reveals more sinister undertones. In fact, as their attraction builds, she begins to believe he’s the perfect man in every way. However, when hostilities turn deadly, Rick must conquer old demons or risk losing Eve forever. Wounded as he is, can he ever be anything more than a paid protector? OTHER BOOKS BY BEV PETTERSEN: Jockeys and Jewels Color My Horse Fillies and Females Thoroughbreds and Trailer Trash Studs and Stilettos Horses and Heroin Backstretch Baby A Scandalous Husband A Pony For Christmas (novella)