Ok I loved this series and in between books, I read the others to catch up on characters and it made everyone of them fall into place. Texas & Vegas series help you with the characters in the Kentucky series and I thought all of it was good I couldn't put the books done.

I am baffled as to how a book like this gets published. I checked it out of the library because of the title. As a native Kentuckian, I thought it would be a good read. I was sorely disappointed. The writing is juvenile at best. The dialogue is completely absurd and the author repeats everyone's name in the dialogue to the point of distraction. Every time someone speaks, they include the name of the person they are speaking to! The characters also speak in ridiculously long paragraphs. The author must have never had a conversation with a real person because real people simply do not talk this way. And as for the racing industry theme...it is barely touched upon. We see no real interaction between the main character and the horses - nothing of substance. I was hoping for some real insider viewpoint on horses and racing; but, there is none. The characters in general are unbelievable. Almost everyone has an annoyingly weird name and no one makes any mistakes. Their lives are all grand and everyone has spectacular abilities, connections, etc. The plot is told almost completely through the overblown dialogue. Instead of showing us anything about the characters, we are treated to paragraphs long descriptions by another character. Again, people don't talk this way and there is no real story writing in the book. I am certainly glad I wasted only a bit of gas on the way to library on this one. I would have been angry if I spent any money on it.

Fern Michaels is the best romance writer I've ever read. For those of you who like romance in a book but don't want to read about the sex details for 5 pages, this is the author for you. Fern Michaels has a way to make her characters come to life. You really feel like you involved in the story by feeling sympathy, happiness and sadness right along with the characters in her stories. The Kentucky series is a must have for any reader who loves a good romance story with a whole lot more.