Isla Ryder > Quotes

“Butterflies tumbled in her stomach. He’d been riding for her. It sounded so cliché, like something women who had no idea about the circuit would swoon over, and yet here she was swooning with them.”
― Isla Ryder, It's a Wonderful Rodeo Life: A Cowboy Christmas Romance Novella

“The motel in Saratoga was nicer than the one she’d left in New Hampshire, and yet Linny longed for that purple door and the feeling of being separated from real life. That’s what the last few days were like—like one of her romance books where the character’s problems magically disappeared and the world around them basically ceased to exist except to further the plot.”
― Isla Ryder, Long Distance With the Trainer's Assistant: A Pine Mountain Horse Park Romance

“When she thought about it from the outside, the last couple days played out like the opening chapters of one of her favorite books. Minus the suave guy and inexplicably petite leading lady. Okay, minus a lot of things.

A girl could fantasize, though, right?”
― Isla Ryder, Long Distance With the Trainer's Assistant: A Pine Mountain Horse Park Romance

“Wyatt shrugged, keeping his eyes on the road, happy to have driving as an excuse. Conversation in the car could always get deep for that reason. You could say things to people if you weren’t looking them in the eye.”
― Isla Ryder, Faking It on the Center Line: A Pine Mountain Horse Park Romance

“When she finally hit send and sat back in her chair, their shoulders pressed together. She tensed. Reid didn’t. He sat there, cool as a cucumber.”
― Isla Ryder, Hassling the Show Manager

“A second ago, she’d been sure she had her wandering thoughts under control. Calm, cool, totally not collected.
She got out of her truck and he stepped back. Safe distance—acquaintance distance.”
― Isla Ryder, Faking It on the Center Line: A Pine Mountain Horse Park Romance

“Even if he rode a big, dark horse, he wasn’t some knight in shining armor.”
― Isla Ryder, Hassling the Show Manager

“There might be a mustang at the fence, but Emmy was the one with the untamed look on her face. Was she ready for a fight?”
― Isla Ryder, It's a Wonderful Rodeo Life: A Cowboy Christmas Romance Novella