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Riding Passion
Life is best measured by the moments that take our breath away.
An artist and a poet burn bright and hot after a chance meeting in a moonlight horseback ride on the beach. An empty house is still filled with memories of lust and love. Tearing open a birthday gift takes the wrapper off a woman’s deepest fantasy. A breath-stealing ride through a star-studded night sky on a dragon horse ignites a fire never before experienced. A woman is reminded that her long-time partner still sees her through a lover’s eyes. Mount up for a ride through a novella of passion and ten short stories of buried desire, sizzling encounters, and romantic surprises.
An artist and a poet burn bright and hot after a chance meeting in a moonlight horseback ride on the beach. An empty house is still filled with memories of lust and love. Tearing open a birthday gift takes the wrapper off a woman’s deepest fantasy. A breath-stealing ride through a star-studded night sky on a dragon horse ignites a fire never before experienced. A woman is reminded that her long-time partner still sees her through a lover’s eyes. Mount up for a ride through a novella of passion and ten short stories of buried desire, sizzling encounters, and romantic surprises.
264 pages, Paperback
First published May 5, 2015
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D. Jackson Leigh
27 books212 followersD. Jackson Leigh grew up barefoot and happy, swimming in farm ponds and riding rude ponies in rural south Georgia. Her love of reading was nurtured early on by her grandmother, an English teacher who patiently taught her to work New York Times crossword puzzles in the daily paper, and by her mother who stretched the slim family budget to bring home grocery store copies of Trixie Belden mysteries and Bobbsey Twins adventures that Jackson would sit up all night reading.
It was her passion for writing led her quite accidentally to a career in journalism and, ultimately, North Carolina where she lives with her small pack of three terror, uh, terriers.
It was her passion for writing led her quite accidentally to a career in journalism and, ultimately, North Carolina where she lives with her small pack of three terror, uh, terriers.
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July 2, 2017
Okay read! this short story dealt with lots of angry,mistrust,ex-lovers,sex and past characters reconnecting again...the only couple in this book that really had a decent storyline to write about,that i felt anything notable was 'Luna&Haze' .... This is the first the book that i have ever read from this author..given as an ARC by Netgalley and the Publisher for my honest and fair review ..
September 11, 2022
Given the other books I have read by Ms. Leigh, I was sure that all the stories involved horses in some way. I was not disappointed by that. I was sort of disappointed that some of the stories were just snippets of characters in her other books. I was hoping for more new stories. The only arc involved Haxe and Luna and was quite satisfying. There were a couple of erotic tales which were also good but the majority of stories left me non-plussed. I guess I was looking for more of an anthology. I like the writer so I will read more. They can’t all be winners.
January 4, 2016
A mix of new and old stories. Some of them I completely loved, some not as much. Overall a great collection though.
May 2, 2015
I enjoyed each of the stories and was pleased to connect again with past characters. Ms Jackson's books are well written and her characters captivating. I liked the stories of Luna and Haze best.
March 12, 2019
Marvelous short stories of firsts: love at first sight, kisses, dates, and nights of passion. This Author can make your heart pound and your temperature rise. Recommend.
June 30, 2015
Hey I’m back!, Sorry I wasn’t updating as frequent as I’d like but life was being a bitch with me but now I’m being the bigger bitch so I WIN! HA! in your face life! Anyway, it’s time to talk about Riding Passion.
First I’d like to tell you that I ordered this book accidentally, and by “I” I mean Angy and by “accidentally” I mean she did the clicky thing for me when I laughed at the cover, I’m side eyeing you so hard Angy, even after all this time, because for like 2 weeks I referred to this book as the “horse fucking book” but I was mistaken, SPOILER ALERT: there was not horse fucking in this book… more or less anyway. So now my very not serious review of the more or less horse fucking book.
This is an anthology, so we find a lot of stories within the book, that at first glance didn’t connect with each other which made it hard for me to relate to the characters so I went through the motions and almost didn’t finished reading, I don’t know if my heart is getting colder, I’m becoming pickier or if this really isn’t my genre because I feel like I’ve said this in almost every review… But anyway, the first story is a bit stalkerish for my taste, like it’s in a first person POV and there’s this woman riding a horse but apparently she can be a Valkyrie riding to Valhalla because it’s described as a goddess and The Poet just can’t stop watching and waiting and sort of stalks her around town so that’s a big no-no in my book because of it’s obsessive nature but when she discovers Luna (she is a painter)there’s a lot of sex and apparently a real love grows from the burn in the lady loins of said ladies.
And so it goes, we see this story develop in about 3 chapters separated by other stories that on first glance don’t relate to each other but in the end you can see how some pieces fit there. My favorite one shot is the one with the strap on. Oh! I didn’t mention this is a lot of porn with some plot? yeah, well there’s a lot of sex in this book and most of it is hot and cute so YAY for well written smut!
It shows how lesbian dynamics works in different aspects of the women who are part of these stories, which is fun because we find a variety of people, a married couple trying to have a baby, an older couple with a big age gap and the insecurities this may bring, I love stories that bring all these nuances in the relationship dynamics.
So how many stars? 3 stars because it’s a book that can be read slowly chapter by chapter or in a binge reading spree, either way it’s a fun experience, that involves horse fucking… but between horses and not human-horse stuff, THANK GOD!
If you end up getting the book, let me know what you think ok? I wish I could have a dream cast but as this story moves there’re too many characters and honestly, I’m too lazy to cast all that people so be free and imagine whoever you see fit, and let me know! I can’t wait to know your thoughts about it.
First I’d like to tell you that I ordered this book accidentally, and by “I” I mean Angy and by “accidentally” I mean she did the clicky thing for me when I laughed at the cover, I’m side eyeing you so hard Angy, even after all this time, because for like 2 weeks I referred to this book as the “horse fucking book” but I was mistaken, SPOILER ALERT: there was not horse fucking in this book… more or less anyway. So now my very not serious review of the more or less horse fucking book.
This is an anthology, so we find a lot of stories within the book, that at first glance didn’t connect with each other which made it hard for me to relate to the characters so I went through the motions and almost didn’t finished reading, I don’t know if my heart is getting colder, I’m becoming pickier or if this really isn’t my genre because I feel like I’ve said this in almost every review… But anyway, the first story is a bit stalkerish for my taste, like it’s in a first person POV and there’s this woman riding a horse but apparently she can be a Valkyrie riding to Valhalla because it’s described as a goddess and The Poet just can’t stop watching and waiting and sort of stalks her around town so that’s a big no-no in my book because of it’s obsessive nature but when she discovers Luna (she is a painter)there’s a lot of sex and apparently a real love grows from the burn in the lady loins of said ladies.
And so it goes, we see this story develop in about 3 chapters separated by other stories that on first glance don’t relate to each other but in the end you can see how some pieces fit there. My favorite one shot is the one with the strap on. Oh! I didn’t mention this is a lot of porn with some plot? yeah, well there’s a lot of sex in this book and most of it is hot and cute so YAY for well written smut!
It shows how lesbian dynamics works in different aspects of the women who are part of these stories, which is fun because we find a variety of people, a married couple trying to have a baby, an older couple with a big age gap and the insecurities this may bring, I love stories that bring all these nuances in the relationship dynamics.
So how many stars? 3 stars because it’s a book that can be read slowly chapter by chapter or in a binge reading spree, either way it’s a fun experience, that involves horse fucking… but between horses and not human-horse stuff, THANK GOD!
If you end up getting the book, let me know what you think ok? I wish I could have a dream cast but as this story moves there’re too many characters and honestly, I’m too lazy to cast all that people so be free and imagine whoever you see fit, and let me know! I can’t wait to know your thoughts about it.
April 30, 2015
I don't usually read short story collections because I find that I'm not as engaged with the characters as I like to be. It's hard to become invested in characters who possibly don't get fully developed, depending on how a short story is written. That was not the case with this book. The stories were very satisfying. It felt like each one had a beginning, middle and end. I really enjoyed the book. D. Jackson Leigh creates great characters. I hope a few of these get their own, longer novel.
July 21, 2015
Short stories of old characters and some new ones. Some were great, some were ok. I'm not a fan of short stories, so I'm not giving big star pint because of that. That's just me...
December 15, 2015
Riding Passion by D. Jackson Leigh: http://reviews-and-ramblings.dreamwid... 2015 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention (5* from at least 1 judge)
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