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Almost Paradise
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When Serena Skye applies to work with abused and troubled horses in the round pen at an isolated Nevada guest ranch, she instantly notices that her prospective boss, Julian Rose, is drop-dead gorgeous. After he hires her, Serena begins to work her magic with the horsesall while secretly pining for Julian. But Serena has no idea that underneath the brilliance of equines runs a dangerous ground that will soon propel her on an unexpected journey through the darkness of insanity.

After just two days, Serena has already impressed Julian with her wrangling skills, saved his life, and shared a passionate kiss with him. As they cautiously begin a romantic relationship, Julian discloses that he has not seen his schizophrenic wife, Miranda, in eight years, after she was committed to a mental institution after murdering two horses and nearly killing him. Too frightened to divorce her for fear of deadly repercussions, Julian has just learned that Miranda has been released earlyand is roaming the nearby desert with a gun.

In this gripping psychological drama, a young wrangler becomes unwittingly embroiled in a perilous struggle where she must devise a way to save the animals and people she loves from the madness that threatens their paradise.

LanguageEnglish
PublisheriUniverse
Release dateJun 24, 2013
ISBN9781475973549
Almost Paradise
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Elizabeth Cain

Elizabeth Cain is a native Californian who has called Montana home for twenty-five years. She is an award-winning teacher, poet, and novelist whose love of animals, nature, and Africa illuminates her writing. She lives with her husband, Jerome, in the Blackfoot Valley where they rescue small animals, run sled-dogs, and ride their horses in two million acres of wilderness just outside their back door. This is her seventh novel.

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