This was actually the first Sherbrooke Brides book that I read. My mother saw it one day and picked it up for me on a whim and I am quite thankful of that seeing as I loved this book. After reading I went and bought every other Sherbooke book that I could get my hands on and plowed through them. I would suggest starting from the beginning of the series to fully understand every reference made to past events. After reading the others I went and re-read this one in the appropriate order and enjoyed it even more. The story kept my interest the whole time and if you are interested in horses you will also enjoy the parts about the horses and the horse farm like I did. There are plenty of twins, good looking people, romance, fighting, horses, and cat racing in this book! ( )

This is a departure from my usual reading matter. I had picked it up at a book sale long ago thinking that it might be a nice change for me. Despite its being a romance, I did enjoy the characters and story enough to finish reading the book, but I won't be seeking out the rest of this Sherbrooke series.

The plot involves Jason Sherbrooke, unbelievably handsome Englishman with an identical twin. He has been away in Baltimore, MD, for five years because of a crisis that happened in an earlier volume in the series. When he returns to his family's estate, he sees a stud farm for sale nearby and he wants to buy it and settle down. He is knowledgeable about horses, has the money to buy the place, and so there seem to be no obstacles in his way until . . .

Enter Hallie Carrick, a young, impetuous horse lover, who is determined to buy the place for herself. Hallie is likable and will keep you laughing but her naivete is really too much of a stretch even for a romance novel. This is a girl who has grown up on a horse farm and has no problem holding a nervous mare for mating, but doesn't have the slightest clue about sex between humans. Speaking of which, the sex scenes are quite explicit. Not shocking to me but maybe to others. Just sayin'.

Anyway, Hallie is wealthy too and always gets her way so the battle to buy the property is on. It ends up with the two of them each owning half the farm and sharing a house, along with a chaperone and servants who are funny characters in their own right. The book will have you chuckling all the way through, perhaps even enough to endure the predictable story.

Source: book sale
Only recommended for diehard Coulter fans ( )

Seriously choppy writing. I almost couldn't read it. It's kind of like a radio with static, you feel like you're missing every third word. I tried, with the first half of the book, then I skimmed the rest, and it went much better. The 3 stars is because it did have a good story, and some witty lines. If it hadn't been written like a series of notes jotted down, I'd have given it at least 4 stars. And the headhopping. I've always thought people were exaggerating when they said headhopping was confusing for readers. Not anymore. I got confused. Several times it said "she thought" and I had no idea which "she" was intended, because it obviously wasn't the same "she" as in the last thought. Bah. 2½ stars. I can't give this one 3. ( )

Jason left for 5 years after the woman he was dating tried to kill his father. She was a bit deranged. Jason could never trust another woman until he met Hallie Carrick. They married and had twins. His brother had twins as well. It was an unevental tale of a family that was way overly protective of Jason; therefore, causing him to carry his burden with him for over 5 years, thinking it was his fault. ( )