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Riding the Storm Kindle Edition

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Kate Duncan can't remember a time when she felt in control. She can't control her father's drinking or find or erase the dark place in his past that makes him fix horse races. Someday she wants to take over the racehorse training ranch, but that desire dims from the harsh glare of reality. She has averted disaster one too many times. After her Mother leaves, taking Kate's little sister with her, she understands what a heavy weight will rest on her shoulders. At least Chogan is there to share the load.

Chogan Hungry Horse, Blackfoot and two-spirit, is the ranch jockey, and the person who leads Kate gently in opening her eyes. For the first time Kate has someone in her life who hears and sees her. Chogan gives her a language to speak about the pain in her family and opens a place in her heart. Danger grows in the beauty of Montana compelling them to discover the driving force.

Trigger warning: Riding The Storm contains references to alcohol consumption and family dynamics concerning this issue

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April 6, 2023
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BSDTZCZQ
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Desert Palm Press; 1st edition (April 6, 2023)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 6, 2023
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 753 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1954213638

Best Sellers Rank: #1,716,863 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,752 in LGBTQ+ Mystery (Kindle Store)
- #1,840 in LGBTQ+ Mystery (Books)
- #8,016 in Lesbian Fiction

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Franci McMahon is the author of five novels, short stories, works in anthologies and creative non-fiction, and is a Hedgebrook alumnae. She is the offspring of ranchers and homesteaders from Alberta and Washington. Franci bred and raised Arabian horses and rode in distance competitions. Her first novel, Staying the Distance, published by Firebrand, allowed her to make the move back to the West of her heart. After twenty five years she moved to a small town near Tucson, Arizona. Bold Strokes Books has given her the opportunity to thoroughly revise both Night Mare and Staying the Distance, republished in e-book in 2016. White Horse in Winter, the sequel to Night Mare, is followed in the series by The Impasse. Her most recent novel, Riding the Storm, published by Desert Palm Press, joins her horse-centric, lesbian mystery/adventures.

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Great read with depth

Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2023

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I devoured Riding the Storm in two nights, and the novel stayed with me in the days since. I’ve always loved Franci’s books, but she really hit this one out of the park!

So many things were so superbly done. The story itself carried me along and I couldn't wait to see what happened. The characters were multi-faceted, complex, sometimes funny, and sometimes heart-breakingly raw in their humanity. The land and horses were characters too, in their own right. Kate’s coming out was deftly handled, as were the family‘s complicated tensions and heartbreak and hopes around her father’s drinking.

The short paragraphs and the dialogue were so western; it was such a pleasure to be brought back to that. I loved how she crafted the unfolding of two-spirits in the story, both Chogan's explaining and Kate's open and respectful questions about it. Then there were the other layers, of personal and cultural history, that slowly emerged. Even the type of storm at the end - what a great twist, and so gripping.

I cried at the end, and it's been with me since. I'll read it again for sure, as I know I missed things as I just couldn't put it down.

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D. Ruttan

Lovely story about family, alcoholism and a side of romance

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2023

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This was such a beautiful book. I came into it expecting a romance and a family struggling with alcoholism but “Riding the Storm” had so much more depth than your standard genre expectations. It was a love story in more ways than one - love for racing, horses, family, the land, the ties that bind.

This is the story of Kate Duncan, the daughter of a horse trainer who’s also a drunk and behind the scenes, possibly involved in shady race fixing, and her slow-burn romance with the ranch’s jockey, a Blackfeet Nation who’s also a two-spirit, akin to a genderfluid person in a woman’s body. I picked this up because of the sapphic vibes and I want to see more nonbinary representation in romance and that part did not disappoint.

I expected the usual stereotypical portrayal of alcoholism, too, but that was sensitively handled, showing Kate’s evolution from denial and making excuses for her father to standing up to him and showing empathy and compassion throughout.

Where the book really shone was in its vivid descriptions of ranch and racing life. Felt like I was right there in the barn torn between difficult choices.

I’d definitely read more by this author.

Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2023

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I loved Riding the Storm. Really great. If you are a horse lover, some parts might be hard to read. But overall, a great story.