On The Fence (Uninhibited in Apple Trail, Arkansas) [Kindle Edition]

Keri Ford (Author)

Book Description

Welcome to Apple Trail, Arkansas!

If Shellie Chambers has to hear one more condescending comment from her mother about life or men, she might scream. So, she packs up and takes a trip to see her long-missed high school friend, Riley. He'll know exactly what she needs to loosen up. But instead of the girl-chasing jock she remembers from their youth, Riley’s gone country, keeping up a farm of his own.

Riley Hamilton has settled down on a farm his uncle left to him. Not the life he ever envisioned, but after getting a girl pregnant in college and then watching helplessly as the baby was aborted, he learned the hard way it was time to settle down. Shellie’s reentry into his life reminds of his wild past and it’s a fight to ignore the tempting woman she has become.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"I did enjoy the love between Shellie and Riley. It was one of those long-lost but now reunited loves. Keri does and excellent job at the sexy scenes and making her readers squirm" -From Nikki Brandyberry at Ramblings From A Chaotic Mind  

"I really appreciate Ms. Ford writing unique world realities into her plotlines. It helps to make her characters and their situations stand out amongst others in the same romance sub-genre." -Night Owl Romance Top Pick! 

"I fell in love with Shellie and Riley as characters and my complaint is this book needed to be longer. I might need a follow up on these two. The chemistry between these two characters in this book flew off my sony e-reader. I could feel the sizzle it seemed like." -5 Stars from Beck's Book Picks! 

"If you're looking for a quick read to get your heart sighing and your hormones racing, then I highly recommend On the Fence. It'll press all your happy buttons." -4 Stars from Long and Short Romance Reviews 

"On a scale from 1-10 I give this book a 10 and encourage everyone 18+ plus to read this story and not feel connected to these two people." -From Sinfully Tasty Reads

"Keri Ford has penned a marvellous short story of two characters that are totally right for each other and who should have given a relationship between them a try in the past." -4 Hearts from The Romance Studio

Product Details

• File Size: 256 KB
• Print Length: 61 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Turquoise Morning Press (February 19, 2011)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B004OL2K7W
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Not Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #645,148 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars A great series! February 27, 2012

By Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews TOP 500 REVIEWER

Format:Kindle Edition

Shellie has lived her life with an overbearing mother who has "tutored" her throughout her childhood on how to meet a rich man to marry. She's never quite lived up to her mother's expectations and her mother truly did not like her best friend throughout her childhood, Riley. Riley had a reputation for fast cars, loose girls, and having a good time as a teen. Shellie was always careful so she didn't disappoint her mother. Riley and Shellie spent a lot of time doing things Shellie's mother wouldn't approve of but always had fun. They shared one awkward high school kiss and wrote it off as a mistake. It's now six years later, they've stayed in touch through email but this is their first face to face visit. One Shellie initiates because she needs a break from her Mom's incessant need to find her a husband. Both Shellie and Riley realized how much the other has changed but what they didn't count on was the sexual awareness they now have towards each other.

This being a novella things move pretty quickly for this couple but I still felt very connected to them because Keri writes them so well. Within the first chapter you know a lot about these characters and can understand how much they feel the other has changed over the years.

Riley is much more cautious and serious as an adult, something Shellie finds hard to believe. He finally admits that he had a life changing event happen during college. It upsets Shellie that he never confided this to her but she wants him to let it go. She tries to get Riley to have a fling but because of his past he refuses.

Shellie is one of those women that I find hard to like. It's not that I hate her, but personally why would anyone let someone else berate them their entire life and still stick around for it as an adult? She confides to Riley that she hates that her Mom does this to her (Riley really hates it) however, she still gives in and does what her Mom wants her to do. I just don't understand why she puts up with how her Mom treats her.

It's pretty evident from early in the story that these two have had a special friendship through the years. When they finally give in and go from friends to lovers it's pretty darn hot and you immediately figure out where the title of the book comes from. There's also a truly sexy scene in the bathroom at a friend's house. Wow...I'll admit I read that through twice!

Keri has the amazing ability to draw you in from the start and even though this is a short story I never once felt cheated like I sometimes do with a book this size. This is another good story in Apple Trail series and I can't wait to read the next one.

4.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable read. I would recommend September 1, 2011

By Romancing the Book

Format:Kindle Edition

Reviewed by Ivelisse
Review copy provided by publisher

Shellie Chambers goes to see her long-time friend from high school Riley Hamilton to get away from her mother. What she didn't expect were the feelings she got once she saw Riley again. She decides she is going to go for it and try to have a fling with him but his past is makes it almost impossible. Shellie realizes he has changed and not sure if she likes the change she sees in him and is destined to get the spark back into his eyes. Can Riley deny her what she wants when in the past he never did before?

From the start I was captivated by this book, it is a short lovely read. Two best friends in high school who moved away from each other but still remained in contact and once they see each other again realize the attraction they both have with each other. I know this story line has been written thousands of time before, but I really enjoyed how the author didn't write the same as other books I have read which can become a bit mundane. I like how the author explained their relationship and how sometimes things were meant to be at the right time. The inner struggles Riley was having and blaming himself for the error which changed him drastically. I love a tortured hero and Keri Ford writes him very well. My favorite part, which ties in with the title, is when he finally can't hold his temptations anymore and gives into Shellie and puts her on the fence and then carries her to the four wheeler. Let's just say I will be looking at a four wheeler a very different way from now on.

Even though it was a short read, I didn't feel cheated out of a story line or felt like something was missing. After I finished this read I realized it is actually the second book in the Uninhibited in Apple Trail, Arkasas series and immediately went and bought the other three books.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Read April 1, 2011

By LAS Reviewer

Format:Kindle Edition

This short story packs a punch in only a few pages. Author Keri Ford did a fabulous job giving me all the backstory and fabulous characterizations I needed without force-feeding, all the while keeping me invested in finding out what was going to happen to our hero and heroine.

Shellie has been molded by her mother into a mini-me, and has spent her life trying to find Mr. Right - but only if his wallet is fat enough. You've heard the phrase "It's as easy to fall in love with a rich man as a poor one", right? Well, Shellie's mom lives by that mantra and has forced her daughter to do the same. Not only that, but Shellie's spent her entire life being nagged about, well, everything: her attitude, her clothes, her posture, her speech ...

When this story begins, she's had it and has run away to the farm her best friend from high school owns. Nevermind her best friend is a man. And that she hasn't seen him in six years. And that he's changed pretty dramatically.

Riley learned a really tough lesson about life in college, and it's made him much more sober and responsible than he ever was before. So, while Shellie is looking for a fling, he doesn't do casual sex and really, the first half of the story is how they deal with the push and pull of their mutual attraction, but opposing choices.

Shellie was a little hard for me to like at first - she felt weak and it frustrated me that she'd taken so long to get out from under her mother's thumb. Riley, though, is a great guy. He's gorgeous, responsible, caring... everything a real hero should be. But he's also injured emotionally, and not prepared to deal with Shellie's sudden need to do everything her mother always told her not to.

It's clear there's deep affection between the two of them, and this friends-to-lovers story is very sweet. I enjoyed it more than I imagined I would and finished the last page with a sigh and a smile. Don't let that word "sweet" fool you though - the sexual tension and eventually the act itself is hot, hot, hot! Riley fights off Shellie's advances time and again until I was about bursting with need as much as he was. And when he finally gives in? Whoo.. boy! Did I mention what a perfect hero he was?

My only complaint is that I really think this could have been a little longer. Parts of it seemed a bit rushed, and I was so involved with the characters that I felt a little cheated. I wanted MORE. There's a reason for that: Ms. Ford's writing is descriptive, strong and clean and I will definitely be on the lookout for more from her.

If you're looking for a quick read to get your heart sighing and your hormones racing, then I highly recommend On the Fence. It'll press all your happy buttons.

Originally posted at The Long and Short of It Romance Reviews

More About the Author

Keri Ford was raised in South Arkansas on a farm surrounded by family, horses, cows, donkeys, ostriches, emus, chickens, ducks, Canadian Geese, and enough dogs one would think they were a pound...and then she bought a Cosmopolitan when she was twenty-two. All it took was one excerpt of a sexy romantic suspense and her life would never be the same. Well, parts of it. She still lives on that farm.