The Ride of Her Life

A Novel

By: Jennifer Dugan

Narrated by: Lindsey Dorcus

From the author of Love at First Set, a new irresistible enemies-to-lovers, grumpy/sunshine queer romcom for fans of Delilah Green Doesn’t Care, about a wedding-obsessed city girl who inherits a horse farm from her estranged late aunt, and clashes with the cocky, unfairly hot farrier who thinks she’s going to run the barn into the ground.

Molly McDaniel’s life is falling apart. Between her day job as a barista, her night job at a call center, and her crushing student loans, she’s barely getting by. And that dream she has of starting a wedding event planning business? The dream that led to all those student loan in the first place? She can feel it slipping farther and farther out of reach every day. So the absolute last thing she needs is to discover she’s inherited a run-down, struggling horse barn out of the blue, courtesy of her estranged late aunt.

Molly is so ill-equipped to run the barn, it’s laughable. She certainly doesn’t have the money, time or knowledge needed to save it, no matter how much faith everyone who loved her aunt has that she will. But the more Molly gets involved, the more she starts to wonder: maybe the barn is a blessing in disguise. If she can sell the land, the profits could be the small-business seed money miracle she’s been waiting for. So what if she’s starting to love everyone in the mismatched family she’s found here?

Well, everyone except Shani, the resident farrier and family friend who took care of Molly’s aunt in her last days. Judgmental, grouchy Shani, who refuses to give up on the barn; who walks around like she so much better than Molly; who’s actually really good with the horses…and kind of thoughtful. And obnoxiously hot. And unfailingly loyal.

And suddenly, Shani has become an entirely different kind of problem, one Molly can’t possibly solve, not without risking her whole future, no matter how much her heart wishes she could.

Cute - if not predictable

Overall a cute book. Predictable storyline when it comes to the actual content. Romance is cute.

Made a story with great potential boring anyway

What a snooze. I’m so tired of stories that rely on anxious, immature characters who are the only thing driving the plot.

Excellent!

I really loved this story. I would say there were a few plot twists/pot and treat that felt a little out of place but overall that the story was very good, characters were relatable and for the most part realistic ( i.e. No manic pixie dream girl). I will say that for a wlw called the ride of her life, I was a little surprised that the only use of harnesses were for the horses….

Fun and unique

There are so few romance stories about living the country life. Over all the characters are well developed. The solution to the problem dropped enough for reader to see what was coming. Enjoyable and worth the listen.

Wonderful romance. Back on form after last two dysfunctional stories.

Such a great writer. Wonderful to see her returning to form after her last 2 books were full of dishonesty and lies and hard to get through. This is another wonderful love story which luckily has plot points other than the classic dysfunctional “oh my God, I can’t possibly tell her ____”.