Speaking of which, the lead male was pretty controlling of the lead female, which led me to root against them getting together. Rather, it appears to be quite controlling. The first is covered earlier in this review (sexual content) the second is that a romantic relationship does not often result in one party mothering the other. This was awkward for me to read for two reasons. The lead female would flip-flop between sexual attraction to the lead male to extreme mothering of him. Actions shout while words whisper, and I didn't see enough interaction between the man and his animals. Yet in the back fourth of the novel, it was gushed about how much he loved and was active with his horses. He hardly had anything to do with the horses through all that time. For the first seventy-five percent of the book, the horse trainer merely stood at the railing while his horses were being worked out. One reason I was looking forward to reading this book was the horse trainer aspect, but that fell way short of my expectations. This is a safety hazard that is unlikely to happen in today's society without CPS getting involved or a deadly wreck happening, yet neither of those situations happened in the wake of this scene. There was a scene in which a child was unbuckled and changing clothes in the backseat while his mom was driving across town. In addition, there were at minimum five expletives or expletive phrases. The Lord's name was taken in vain at least twice. This type of material is too edgy for solid Christian fiction.

This book was heavily sensual throughout, which kept a sexual tension thick on nearly every page. There were several mentions of 'libido' and 'testosterone' as well as sexual longing and dozens of inner heat reactions to a physical attraction to a member of the opposite sex. The sexual content of this book shocked me.

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