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Kaye
, October 10, 2012
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I loved this book and I love this series. Nikki Latrelle is a struggling jockey at Laurel race track in Maryland. She's also assistant trainer for Jim Ravinsky. Jim offers her the opportunity to go to Colonial Downs in Virginia for a special meet with several Virginia-bred horses and Nikki's filly Hellish, where she would be the assistant trainer, exercise rider, and jockey. She takes her friend Lorna with her and Ramon to be the groom. Prior to shipping out, an apprentice jockey, Paco Martinez, dies following a race, possibly from some sort of drug ingestion, possibly to make weight. At his funeral she is contacted by Jay Cormack, a member of the Virginia Racing Commission, who was asking for her help with the "jockey problem". When she arrives in Virginia everything that could go wrong does. She acquires two new horses from a very difficult owner, Amarilla Chaquette, Lorna starts dating bad-boy Bobby Duvayne, they're staying in a cottage with secrets, and there are strange noises and strange people coming out of the woods behind the barn. When another jockey drops dead from ingesting a "super weight loss cocktail", things start happening quickly. Lorna suddenly disappears and it's up to Nikki to find her, the hidden meth lab, and discover the old family secrets. I love this series, the people are so realistic, I feel like I know them.
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