Ulverscroft
2 total works
Left almost alone in the world when her mother marries a rich American, Laura Flanagan leaves Ireland to go to Australia, hoping to build a new life there.During the long-haul flight to Australia, she meets Declan Martin, a young horseman bringing the Irish champion, Lancelot's Pride, to have a crack at the Melbourne Cup. But when Laura tells him she must find an Australian husband in order to live there, Declan doesn't handle it well. In Singapore they part bad friends but when he walks into the Irish pub where she's working in Melbourne, the attraction is still there.Can Laura recognize true love before it's too late? Will Lancelot's Pride win the Melbourne Cup?
Jimmy Flynn has devoted his life to the champion, Starshine Blue, after rescuing him as a foal from a burning stable. Hiding the fact that he is really James Kirkwood Jr., son of a hotel magnate, he has no wish to be drawn into his father's business empire, preferring a quiet life as a horseman with Starshine Blue. Even after winning the heart of Leila Christensen, his new boss' daughter, he chooses not to reveal his true identity. But Leila isn't a woman who cares to be deceived and their fragile happiness is threatened when unexpected events force Jimmy's secret into the open and he must face up to the future his father planned.