Double Standards

Show Jumping Dreams #20

by Claire Svendsen

Emily Dickenson won the first phase of the Talent Scout series but none of that seemed to matter the moment her father sailed headfirst over the neck of his horse Canterbury and landed on a jump pole. Riding can be dangerous, everyone knows that but the people who have made horses their lives have come to terms with the fact, until it affects one of their own.

And while her father is in the hospital with Missy by his side, it falls on Emily’s shoulders to take over the running of Fox Run Farm. But the grooms don’t want to take orders from a fourteen year old and neither do the wealthy clients. They want to know when their real trainer is coming back or they’ll be moving to another barn. And a revolt is really the last thing Emily needs when she is trying desperately to hold her life together.

So when a new trainer shows up to help, it seems like things are finally going to be okay. Emily can concentrate on getting ready for the second Talent Scout show and the boarders will stop complaining and everything can go back to normal. But there is something about the new trainer that Emily doesn’t like, a bad feeling that she just can’t shake. And if things seem too good to be true, it’s probably because they are.

Genres: Horses

135 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 31, 2015

About the author

Claire Svendsen was born and raised in England, which means she talks with a vaguely cool accent and drinks a lot of hot tea. Obsessed with horses almost before she could walk, Claire spent her summers dragging the old family typewriter into the garden where she would write books about a rich family giving her a horse. Though she would like you to think they were the masterpieces of a young prodigy, the truth is they never went much further than the first chapter and were awful.

Claire likes to think she can write a lot better now. She also finds writing this biography about herself in the third person both weird and alluring all at the same time. Claire now lives in Florida because she doesn't like cold weather and when she's not busy writing, you can find her hanging at the barn with her thoroughbred Merlin.

Reviews

[Diana Angell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Double Standards Review


This is not my favorite book in the series. I still think Emily's dad's accident is so extreme compared to how his character is so safety conscious. His recovery is far reaching.

[Cynthia B · Rating 5 out of 5]