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Lindsay McKenna (Author)
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July 1, 1983
REACH FOR THE SKY - As a reputable horse trainer, Dany couldn't honor the contract her ex-husband had made with Sam Reese. It was ludicrous to hope that a feisty stallion raised in a herd of wild mustangs could ever compete as a Grand Prix jumper. Sam Reese always got his way. When time came to collect on a debt, he didn't care whose toes were stepped on. He might be as stubborn as one of his own untested stallions, but he knew the value of a man's promise. One glance at Dany Daguerre told Sam she had no intention of honoring her ex-husband's contract.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 188 pages
  • Publisher: Silhouette Books; 1st THUS edition (July 1, 1983)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0671473670
  • ISBN-13: 978-0671473679
  • Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,413,852 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

That Gemini energy got the best of me in this life time! The best place to introduce the multi-facets of my varied life is through my blog: www.talesfromechocanyon.blogspot.com. There, you will me me, the author as I pen writing journal info for aspiring writers, the gardener who loves roses, Iris, Day lilies and anything else that blooms, the medical astrologer, the person who came from Eastern Cherokee metis background via my father, the horse lover, the Earth lover and the mystic.

I was raised in a metaphysical household. The strange was normal. My father, being the metaphysician he was, would often talk of ghosts coming through the house, who they were, what they said, and so on. I know this probably sounds pretty out of this world--but that was my world growing up. My father's Cherokee blood runs strong in me in many ways. He used to tell us stories all the time and I'm sure this rubbed off on me and fueled my desire to write, which started at age 13. My mother used to read us stories when he didn't tell us a story. I believe that reading being prominent in our household all conspired to help me be a storyteller when I grew up!

I went into the US Navy when I was eighteen years old. I became a meteorologist because I loved Father Sky and the cloud beings. Before I went into the military, I got my student pilot's license. I soloed at age sixteen in twelve hours time. I earned my money picking night crawlers every night in our orchard and selling them by the hundreds of dozens to local sporting goods stores in the area. By the time I went into the Navy at eighteen, I had forty hours of flight time logged. And because of my military background, I created the sub-genre of Military Romance in the romance publishing Industry in 1983 with Captive of Fate (Silhouette Special Edition). I write what I know and I honor and respect all men and women who either served or are serving our country. They are all heroes and heroines in my eyes.

I was a fencer (I met my husband, David, in fencing--we crossed swords and it was love at first parry...) for many years. Being part of the East Coast fencing salles, I was one of the few women to take on epee and saber--and fight the guys on the copper strip--and win. The women who refused to just use a foil to fence with, opened up a whole new era for women after us to fence all three weapons. Men said the epee and saber were 'too heavy' for us girls--but we showed them differently! Now, in the Olympics, women are allowed to fence in more than just foil. That makes me proud of our burgeoning efforts so long ago. Women can do anything!

I was one of the first women firefighters in Ohio back in 1983. I routinely rolled on 400 of the 600 fire calls a year we had, and knew how to drive the pumper, the tanker and do any job a volunteer firefighter has to do. I also took training in hazardous materials down at the Reynoldsburg Fire Academy in Columbus, Ohio.

My life has been one of breaking through stereotypes, breaking down doors closed to women and showing that women are smart, strong, and capable. As a Native American raised woman, I came from a matriarchal background--not a patriarchal one as most women come from. And because of that, my books show strong, smart women who are equal to any man. I like showing the world that women are equals. We don't need to say one gender is better than the other. Rather, we need to realize, honor and use everyone's best skills and talents to make this world a better place to live. I feel like I've lived about five lives packed into one and all of this adventure and experience is reflected in the books I write.

 

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3.0 out of 5 stars Has a great ending, September 17, 2009
By the end of the book I must say that I did like it, but until the last 2 or 3 chapters I just wasn't crazy about it. It's like the author could not decide what kind of love story she wanted to write. Sometimes it is like strangers who hate each other and then love develops, other times it like a romance based on friendship, and then it also wants to be "love at first sight". I have a hard time believing that it can be all three. Also the passion seems to not make sense to me. They can passionately kiss, and then act like nothing happened, when there is no reason to do that. Even after they have sex, it doesn't seem like that changes the relationship in any way, which is just sort of weird. The story is written completely from her perspective and maybe if we had more of his thoughts as well then it would have flowed better and made more sense. There is a lot of "Oh God.".. this and "Oh God ..." that and while cursing can add realism to the story, I don't think the author thought of "God" as a curse word and therefore felt she could use if freely. I would have like it better had it been used sparingly or not at all.
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