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Summer Nights (Fool's Gold #8)

by Susan Mallery (Goodreads Author)

4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 · rating details · 2,382 ratings · 219 reviews

Horse whisperer Shane Stryker is done with passion. This time around, he's determined to meet someone who will be content with the quiet life of a rancher's wife. And the fiery, pint-size redhead who dazzles him at the local bar definitely does not fit the bill.

Small-town librarian Annabelle Weiss has always seen herself as more of a sweetheart than a siren, so she can't u...more

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Published June 26th 2012 by Harlequin

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Jul 24, 2012 willaful rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: series, mayberry-syndrome, springfield-syndrome, stay-in-your-own-damn-book, pet-peeve, o-library-museum

This was an absorbing story but suffered from too many phrase repetitions. I think this series is getting churned out too quickly.

Pretty much every single character from the previous books in the series turned up, all heavily laden with pregnancies and/or babies; at one point the hero even wound up at the hospital for the childbirth of two people he'd never even met. That was supposed to be cute, but was just weird.

And what's with every unmarried person in a romance novel who wants to have a ba...more

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Aug 07, 2012 Darkfallen rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: arc, netgalley-reviewed, read-n-reviewed

I'm not usually the cowboy type but this book is definitely making me re-think that...

Annabelle is done conforming to what men want her to be. Never again after her failed marriage. So she moves to the small town of Fools Gold to start her life over working as a librarian at the local library. She's not usually what you would consider a wild girl, in fact she might even be considered boring by most people, but that's not the impression Shane gets when he sees her dancing on a bar. After Shane's...more

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Jan 31, 2013 Bookswithbenefits rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Synopsis: A librarian and a cowboy must learn to trust and love again after divorce. The community of Fool's Gold gives them a hand.

The Good: Mallery, in a recent speech, expressed her favorite thing about romances: the relationships between an ensemble--not a focus on the main couple, but one on the connections that surrounded them: family, community, etcetera.If you are reading for community, this might be the book for you.

Personally, I found myself frustrated, hearing about people I didn’t kn...more

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Nov 09, 2012 Heather rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporaryromance

I was sold at the word “librarian,” being a librarian myself. From the bar-dance to the festival, we get to see that Annabelle is willing to put herself out there for what she is passionate about (in this case, her community). She appeals to Shane to help her see through the horse dance for the festival, which will raise money for a much needed library vehicle to bring materials and computers to those farther out.

Shane sees an attractive woman; one with happily-ever-after and wild-sex-fiend spe...more

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Sep 27, 2012 Lana rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I received a PDF of this book through NetGalley for the purposes of review.

Annabelle was a fun character, and the Stryker brothers all seemed like good guys. I believed the slow growth of friendship between Annabelle and Shane, but didn't really believe the sexual chemistry between the two. To put it bluntly, they were boring. I was much more interested in Charlie the firefighter's desire for and journey toward motherhood than I was in Shane and Annabelle as a couple.

I absolutely adored the rela...more

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Jul 18, 2012 Kimberly rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Review written for www.books-n-kisses.com

Being back in Fool’s Gold is like coming home... Home to a city you wish really existed. This is the eighth in the Fool’s Gold series and the second regarding a Stryker Brothers.

Annabelle is a librarian who we met a few books ago. She decides to raise money for a bookmobile and will be a part of a parade and do a dance on horseback. However she has no idea how to ride a horse. That is where Shane comes in. Shane has been hurt before and after seeing Annab...more

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Jul 06, 2012 cupcake rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

First, a word about the cover. Absolutely no scenes in this book take place on a beach, certainly not any love scenes. I'm all astonishment that this photo was chosen as the cover, because it reflects nothing about the book other than a couple who falls in love.

Which is a shame, because Summer Nights is a fun, sexy read and perfect for reading at, say, the beach.

The eighth in Susan Mallery's Fool's Gold series (I read none of the previous books, and had no trouble understanding this one), Summer...more

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Jun 20, 2012 Cami Hensley rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Those who have followed my blog for a while now know that I am a huge fan of Susan Mallery and her Fool's Gold series. I was extremely fortunate to get another ARC from the series!

First impressions can be detrimental. Annabelle lives up to the librarian name, she is sweet and reserved. Unfortunately, Shane catches his first glimpse of her during the worst possible moment. Annabelle is desperate to find someone to perform a sacred dance on a horse for the...more

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Jun 08, 2012 Rhonda rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

4 STARS
Summer Nights is another Fool's Gold story. Its fun to see the characters from other stories back. I enjoyed reading Summer Nights. Their was a few love scenes that I skipped over.
Shane Stryker is back in Fool's Gold living with his mother May, her boyfriend Glen, his brother Rafe, and his Fiance Heidi, who is Glen granddaughter.
Shane has bought land next to Rafe's and his building a house, barn. He raises racehorses. Besides just taking care of his own animals, he is taking care of his...more 4 STARS
Summer Nights is another Fool's Gold story. Its fun to see the characters from other stories back. I enjoyed reading Summer Nights. Their was a few love scenes that I skipped over.
Shane Stryker is back in Fool's Gold living with his mother May, her boyfriend Glen, his brother Rafe, and his Fiance Heidi, who is Glen granddaughter.
Shane has bought land next to Rafe's and his building a house, barn. He raises racehorses. Besides just taking care of his own animals, he is taking care of his mother's animals that keep showing up. He is learning about the elephant that she has and that she needs friends. So they are trying all different animals for her and the ones that work are funny.
Annabelle Weiss is a librarian that has fun, smart, sexy, caring and is good friends with Charlie Dixon & Heidi.
Heidi is raising goats, sells cheese, milk. She got engaged in Summer nights to Rafe.
Charlie Dixon is a tall firefighter that does not date but is thinking of becomming a single mom. I feel like her story is coming up soon.
Annabelle is trying to raise money for a bookmobile that she can get books, computers to those that are more housebound. Right now she takes boxes of books in her trunk for a few different groups of people.
Annabelle, Charlie & Heidi come up with the idea of Annabelle take horse lessons from Shane and in the summer and with the horse dancing. The Dance of the Horse and dance of the happy virgin is a Maa-zib tradition hundreds of years ago.
Shane wants to have a family but after his divorce wants a plain, simple woman not passion and wild like his first wife. Heidi does not fit into what he wants except that he does want her.
The town is very involved in each others business as Shane finds out that he gets volunteered to teach girls to ride too. When Shane says he does not have horses for beginners. Horse's show up and saddles. Plus other animals show up that people think would be good friends for Priscilla the elephant herd.
I look forward to reading more books about Fool's Gold. I was given this ebook to read in exchange for honest review from Netgalley.
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Apr 30, 2012 Julie Barrett rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Summer Nights by Susan Mallery
ISBN: 9780373776870
Annabelle Weiss was the dancer on the bar, in real life, she's the librarian, showing her friends the happy dance of the virgin. She had to raise money for her bookmobile at the festival and knows the dance of the horses might be the thing to learn and do it herself. She had divorced her author husband and had moved on.
He witnessed the dance but Shane Stryker was only on the bar for a beer and a burger, then he left. He is the horse whisperer and...more Summer Nights by Susan Mallery
ISBN: 9780373776870
Annabelle Weiss was the dancer on the bar, in real life, she's the librarian, showing her friends the happy dance of the virgin. She had to raise money for her bookmobile at the festival and knows the dance of the horses might be the thing to learn and do it herself. She had divorced her author husband and had moved on.
He witnessed the dance but Shane Stryker was only on the bar for a beer and a burger, then he left. He is the horse whisperer and that is what attracted me to this book. Have seen many shows on documentary tv about them and what they accomplish.
It's just so fascinating. He was now divorced, having married the woman he thought he loved. He moved his horses from TN to Fool's Gold, stabling them at his mothers barns til his house and barns were ready.
His mother was gonna set him up with the librarian. he just wanted a regular woman to love him til he found out she was the red head dancer from the night before, the one who haunted him and his dreams at night.
Montana who was due any day with Simon's baby led the dog into the library. He was a tutor and helped relax himself when the children read to him.
All the females of Fool's Gold are helping Heidi with her wedding plans.
Jo's Bar should have the other room finished for such things as bridal showers and even weddings.
Annabelle was taking horse riding lessons using Charlie's horse and she did grasp onto the killer stallion and they went around the corral a bit til it was time to end the lesson. She couldn't believe the horse was a killer horse. He was so gentle with her on his back.
She was getting tingles when Shane caught her upon unmounting from the horse.
The deal: Her choice of household accessories for him and he was to teach little girls how to ride ponies.
He needs to reword most of what he says to her, he learns in time...
Subplot about Charlie and her past and her wishes arise and she talks to many about it.
Steamy hot sex scenes like riding a horse top off this novel that make it complete.
Love learning about the horses, races and other facts.
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Jun 24, 2012 Cyndy Aleo rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: arc, netgalley, romance

Horse breeder Shane Stryker's first impression of librarian Annabelle Weiss is that she's an attention-seeker: just like his ex-wife. But when she shows up at his temporary ranch for riding lessons, he finds himself drawn to her. Annabelle is likewise attracted, but after the disaster of her first marriage, she's not willing to take a chance to someone who isn't willing to go for it all when it comes to relationships. Their relationship takes off in fits and starts, but the true test will be whe...more

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Jun 26, 2012 Nicole rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: review, read-in-2012, romance

Review originally posted here: http://thebookpushers.com/2012/06/25/...

I have such a soft spot for small town romances, and the Fool’s Gold Series by Susan Mallery has always been some of the best. In this book, we get to see the not-so-stereotypical librarian Annabelle meet her match with the horse trainer Shane.

Shane is back in Fool’s Gold to breed his new racehorses close to his family. What he never expected was to be put in charge of his mother’s menagerie of older animals while trying to b...more Review originally posted here: http://thebookpushers.com/2012/06/25/...

I have such a soft spot for small town romances, and the Fool’s Gold Series by Susan Mallery has always been some of the best. In this book, we get to see the not-so-stereotypical librarian Annabelle meet her match with the horse trainer Shane.

Shane is back in Fool’s Gold to breed his new racehorses close to his family. What he never expected was to be put in charge of his mother’s menagerie of older animals while trying to breed new horses, building a home and find the kind of woman he can settle down with. He wants the nice quiet librarian type, but despite Annabelle’s job, she doesn’t seem to fit the bill. When Shane agrees to teach her to ride for the festival, he will have to fight the attraction that he wants nothing more than to deny.

Annabelle only wants to find someone who will love her unconditionally. She is sick of changing herself for others, and wants the kind of happily ever after that she sees all of her friends getting. Annabelle is attracted to Shane, but after he compares her to his ex-wife, she has to shield her heart from falling too deeply. But Shane’s kisses melt her resolve and Annabelle soon finds that she can’t help but he head-over-heels for the one man she shouldn’t be.

I really liked Shane after Summer Days, and I was excited to see how his pairing with Annabelle would work out. It was obvious that Shane still held some nasty grudges against his ex, and he didn’t seem ready to let go of that anger. I had strong hopes that Annabelle would be able to quickly snap him out of his funk, but Shane was a lot more attached to that hatred than I thought he would be. It took quite a bit on Annabelle’s part in order to pull Shane out of his funk and get him to the point where he was ready to love again. There were even a few parts where I was ready to give up on Shane and find another heartthrob for Annabelle.

I really liked Annabelle’s character. Although she is loyal to her friends, and not the typical librarian, she is still shy and reserved. She gave up a lot of herself in her previous marriage and is ready to do whatever it takes to stand on her own two feet and be her own woman. She doesn’t want to live under anyone’s thumb, and although she doesn’t think so – Annabelle is an extremely strong woman.

I will admit that I was a little disappointed in the relationship between Annabelle and Shane. Like I said, Shane had a hard time letting go of the pain and anger in his past, and he took a lot of that anger out on Annabelle. He was difficult to deal with at times, and while he treated her with respect, he always kept a part of himself walled off from her. I didn’t like their romantic journey as much as the other Fool’s Gold couples, and hope that Shane has to work VERY hard at keeping Annabelle happy in future books.

I am very excited to see where things go next for Charlie, the last in the trio of girlfriends to get paired off. We find out quite a bit about Charlie’s past, and I am so excited to see how she grows as a woman and character, especially since she’ll be matched with the youngest Stryker brother – underwear model Clay.

All in all this wasn’t my favorite Fool’s Gold Series, and the one that had the weakest romance, in my opinion. I was glad to see Annabelle finally get her HEA, and getting the backstory from the Charlie was a huge plus. I’m anxious to read the next story and hopefully get back to the love stories that Mallery is known for.
I give Summer Nights a C+(less)

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Jun 19, 2012 Felicia rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012-read, audiobook, 3-75-wine-glasses

Received Audiobook for Review
Overall Rating 3.75
Story Rating 3.50
Character Rating 4.00

Audio Rating: 3.50 (not part of the overall rating)

First thought when finished: Not my favorite in the Fool's Gold series but still an enjoyable read!

What I Loved: I loved seeing more of the friendship between Heidi, Annabelle, and Charlie. Their connection as friends was lovely and supportive. I love strong friendships in stories and this was one of the strongest. They will all go out of their way, step out of...more

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May 21, 2012 Beth Mills rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Annabelle, survivor of a bad marriage, just wants to be loved for the person she really is. Cowboy Shane (brother of Rafe from Summer Days) also coming off a bad marriage, just wants a quiet woman he can trust. Instantly attracted to Annabelle when he first sees her in Jo's bar he rules her out as a potential mate because she is dancing on the bar. He mistakes her for an attention seeking narcissist like his ex-wife. Annabelle senses the attraction, but can't understand why Shane keeps pulling b...more

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Jun 16, 2012 Jessi rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, 2012-challenge, appealing-characteristic-story, contemporary, part-of-a-series, romance

Annabelle Weiss is a librarian in need of a bookmobile. She has decided to raise money by doing The Dance of the Horse at the next town festival (they have one every (or nearly every) month). She's got ten weeks to get it down but she needs some help. Because, well, she doesn't exactly know how to ride a horse and, really, she needs a horse that has been trained to dance.
Shane Stryker knows horses. He also knows that he's been burned in the past. His ex-wife was a flamboyant woman who loved atte...more

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Jul 12, 2012 Jeannie L rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book had me laughing at quite a few scenarios and there were a few sweet moments that really showed off Annabelle's and Shane's personalities. I chuckled when I read Shane's stereotype of librarians and am very glad that Annabelle is no way near that.

I thought there was great chemistry between Annabelle and Shane. I had a good laugh when Annabelle tried to fix Charlie up. I also enjoyed the interaction between Annabelle, Shane and the animals. The pony incident and Khatar got me laughing to...more

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Jun 20, 2012 Amanda P rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary-romance, own-as-an-ebook, humor, review-copy-provided

This is my second Susan Mallery read, I started with Summer Days which was the first Stryker brother Rafe, and I think I’ve been hooked into the Fool’s Gold world. The town is just so quirky and fun it’s hard not to get sucked in. Shane is returning after spending part of his childhood in Fools Gold, he always had fond memories of the town, its where his love of horses started. Now, he is back and starting his dream, his own ranch and breeding program of thoroughbred race horses. Annabelle is a...more This is my second Susan Mallery read, I started with Summer Days which was the first Stryker brother Rafe, and I think I’ve been hooked into the Fool’s Gold world. The town is just so quirky and fun it’s hard not to get sucked in. Shane is returning after spending part of his childhood in Fools Gold, he always had fond memories of the town, its where his love of horses started. Now, he is back and starting his dream, his own ranch and breeding program of thoroughbred race horses. Annabelle is a librarian, she found Fools Gold after her disastrous first marriage, the town soothed her open wounds and now she is ready to possibly find love again, if that man can accept who she really is.

Shane, oh Shane, so incredibly sexy, so incredibly sweet, so incredibly a cowboy, so incredibly almost perfect if only you weren’t so dense. Shane was once married to a not so nice female who cheated mercilessly and always had to be the center of attention. So now he’s looking for a nice sedate woman who doesn’t set his blood on fire. So when he see’s Annabelle dancing on a bar, he knows she’s not the woman for him. Then when she shows up in his barn and sets his blood on fire he’s even more convinced this girl is nothing but trouble. Now, if only Shane could get his head out of his arse and see a good thing when it’s staring him in the face, even his horse is smarter than him! A one minute impression clouds the next several hundred pages of the book, which I understand we need some conflict but geez. Despite the fact that Shane has his head up his arse, I still loved the dolt, I just couldn’t help myself, he’s just such a nice guy. He tries to find a companion for an aging elephant, he gets roped into riding lessons for young girls, he teaches his million dollar horse to dance for Annabelle, you just can’t steel your heart against that kind of kindness, you just can’t and add to that, he’s a cowboy and you’re sunk. There is just no helping it. You’re in love before you know it, just like Annabelle.

Annebelle is cute, feisty and stubborn, once she gets her claws into an idea she does what she needs to see it through. Right now she wants a bookmobile and the way to achieve that is at the next Fools Gold festival, the only problem is she needs a dancing horse and a willing male sacrifice. Having never even sat on a horse before, she doesn’t know how she is going to get a horse to dance in front of a crowd let alone stay on top of one to do it, but she is determined. Enter Shane, the resident horse whisperer and her best friend’s fiancés brother. What she doesn’t know is the first time Shane see’s her, she’s on the top of the bar dancing, so now he sees her as a wild woman which couldn’t be further from the truth. What she realizes almost immediately following her impetuous dance is that all of her life she has been molding herself to fit someone else’s needs to be loved and decided that she would no longer do that again. So when she meets Shane at first she is attracted but doesn’t act on it but as time moves on they get closer and true to her word she does remain true to herself and who she is, which I was proud of her for, but this time she made a completely different mistake and decided she had to “prove herself” to him. Which come on, let’s face it, is just as bad as changing herself to please her current whatever. She shouldn’t have to prove herself to anyone. Despite this setback she does come to her senses by the end, yay Annebelle! As a character I really enjoyed Annabelle, she was a breath of fresh air, she was positive, upbeat and genuinely cared about everyone. She is someone you would be proud to call one of your best friends and would never let you down. I wish she would have smacked some sense into Shane earlier but hey no one is perfect, not even Annabelle.

Overall, it’s a light fun read, great for the summer. There is nothing not to like about this charming book, you’ll be sucked into Fools Gold like everyone else. If I was keeping a list of great beach reads this one would be towards the top of the list. Check it out and be prepared to be charmed I sure was.
Rating: 4.5
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Aug 19, 2012 Dawn rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mallery-susan, digital, rented-from-library

What a great love story. This is about Shane Stryker who has moved back to Fool's Gold where he was raised. He breeds and trains racehorses quite successfully. The heroine is Annabelle, the town librarian. Shane is still trying to recover from a nasty divorce. He first sees Annabelle dancing on a bar and is totally turned off by it. Her dance was quite innocent however.

She is referred to him to teach her to ride so she can raise money for the library during the town's annual summer festival. The...more

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Jun 15, 2012 Lisa rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: earc

This is book 8 in the Fools Gold series. Susan Mallery really knows how to start a series and run with it. In this book Shane Stryker ( Rafe's brother from Summer Days book7) is attracted to Annabelle Weiss the lovely librarian in Fool's Gold. His first time seeing her however she is dancing on the bar at Jo's place and he assumes she is a wild girl who loves attention. Oh boy. Big mistake. In reality Annabelle was stone sober and showing all the ladies in the tavern what the dance of the happy...more

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Nov 21, 2012 Karen rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'm usually kind of leery of small town contemps... there's a glut of overly trite and saccharine ones on the market, and I generally want more from my romances than that "Aw, gee, shucks" cuteness and cardboard characters.

I picked this one up because it has a librarian in it, but I wasn't really expecting to be wow'ed.

Happily, I was wrong. This is NOT one of "those" small town contemps. The town of Fool's Gold is not without its quaint quirkiness, but the characters have both depth and intellig...more

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Aug 15, 2012 Krystal rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Cowboy lovers, country lovers, and romance lovers.

Recommended to Krystal by: Target, Walmart

Shelves: favorites, cowboy-lovin, tough-guys, super-cute

This was one of those books that by the end, I said to myself "I want a Shane Stryker!"

I saw this book on the shelf at Target. Read the back, but didn't think much of it. Right after Target, I stopped at Walmart to check out what they had. I saw this book again. Read the back again and thought "For 6 bucks, I can buy this book, and if it's bad, it's only 6 bucks..." SIX BUCKS WELL SPENT MY FRIENDS!

I loved how the story went even though there were times I felt Shane needed a nice slap across the...more

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Jun 07, 2012 Becky Moe rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary, netgalley

Oh, Shane, Shane, Shane. Talk about issues! So adorable, such a genuinely nice guy, and yet so utterly clueless. Based on a few milliseconds of watching a complete stranger dancing on a bar, he proceeds to spend the majority of twenty chapters measuring Annabelle with a flawed yardstick. Even when he realizes what he's done, he keeps on doing it. And yet—I, along with Annabelle, love him anyway. But yeesh, he waits until the very last minute to pull it all together! (And even though you know pra...more

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Jun 03, 2012 Mlpmom (Book Reviewer) rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: arc-book-read, kindle-books

As most of you very well know, I am a huge fan of the Fool's Gold series, I just adore the town, the people, everything about it. I want to be a part of it. Walk the streets, know the people, see the sights. It sounds like such a fabulous place to be a raise a family and settle down.

Susan Mallery has a way about her writing that makes you fall in love with it all. It all feels so real and well, just wonderful.

I loved the last book, Summer Days where we get to meet the Stryker brothers and family...more

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Jul 16, 2012 Sara rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: cute-funny-books

I really liked the dynamic between the hero & heroine in this book. Annabelle's this funny and entertaining librarian who goes after what she wants & dancing on top of bars sober, to boot. Totally my kind of girl with her kick-ass/ sweet nature.
Shane seems like a really great character too. He would be perfect if it weren't for his trust issues and his numerous flaws. I guess Annabelle can't have a perfect guy. But, perfection is overrated.
All their jokes and buddy-buddy dynamic made t...more

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Jul 12, 2012 Maria rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance

Although this was a fun read, it lacked the something extra I like to see. Mainly most of it did not ring true for me. I have been training my new 4-year-old gelding for a year now and have been to two clinics and listened to umpteen DVD's on the subject of horses and these horses just weren't real to me - none of them. The goats seemed more reasonable, but then I know nothing about goats. The very idea of a novice riding a high-strung Arabian race horse was ludicrous at best and teaching an exp...more

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Jun 23, 2012 Jac (For Love and Books) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I make it no secret that I will take any chance i get to spend some time in Fool's Gold! I fell in love with the series a few years ago when i discovered the first book (Chasing Perfect) on Audible, and I can credit Only Mine for starting my blog too! So I was thrilled when Susan Mallery's assistant sent me a copy of Summer Nights!! Literally, I carried the book with me for days showing it to anyone who would look.

With this latest installment, I was definitely not let down. I adored Annabelle....more

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Apr 22, 2013 Mandyfujita rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I have been reading about how each Stryker member met their significant other. I started with Evie, then read about Rafe and this one was about Shane and Annabelle. So far the verbal sparing between the two was the most entertaining. I think because Shane and Annabelle have a dry sense of humour which I love. Shane is pretty blunt, clueless and insensitive, but I guess when you work with horses a lot, you become clueless. Annabelle's friend, Charlie, is a complex character. Cannot wait until th...more

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Jan 07, 2013 Barb rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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May 22, 2012 Carlyn rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is my first read of the Fool's Gold series by Susan Mallery and I really enjoyed it! The story centers on Annabelle and Shane. She is the local librarian and is trying to raise money for a bookmobile by doing a show in the local parade, which she needs to ride a horse to do. Shane breeds horses and Annabelle goes to him to learn how to ride and this is where the fun begins.
I really like the characters in this book, not just the main characters, as the town of Fool's Gold is full of great ch...more

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Jul 03, 2012 Ellen rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary-series, romance-series

Oh, Annabelle.

Seriously if it were possible to hit your stride more at this point in a series I bet Mallery would.

Heidi, Annabelle and Charlie are the nuclear bomb.
I loved Heidi, I love Annnabelle and I can tell already that Charlie's book will be awesome.

Annabelle is a lovely person and she is exactly the same as she appeared in Summer Days, and bonus! she experiences envy over Heidi and Rafe but doesn't wallow in it. She's a supportive, if kooky, friend and has real passion for the bookmobile....more

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New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery has entertained millions of readers with her witty and emotional stories about women and the relationships that move them. Publisher’s Weekly calls Susan’s prose “luscious and provocative,” and Booklist says, “Novels don’t get much better than Mallery’s expert blend of emotional nuance, humor and superb storytelling.” While Susan appreciates the crit...more

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“He knew he could force the issue. Be blunt. But in getting his way, he would have to watch the bright light go out of her eyes. He would see her slim shoulders slump and know he was the cause. Damn it all to hell, he didn't think he could stand that.

Yet another testament to how bad he had it for her. Women, he thought with a sigh. What had God been thinking?” — 3 people liked it

“you're Shane, right?'
He inched away from her and managed a quick nod as he twisted the rag he held in his fingers.
'Heidi sad you were willing to teach me how to ride.' Her expression shifted from entertained to confused, as if she was wondering why no one had mentioned he was a can or two shy of a six-pack.
'A horse,' he clarified, then wanted to kick himself. What else but a horse? Did he think she was here to learn to ride his mother's elephant?
One corner of Annabelle's perfect, full mouth twitched. 'A horse would be good. You seem to have several.'
He wanted to remind himself that he was usually fine around women. Smooth even. He was intelligent, funny and could, on occasion, be charming. Just not now, with his blood pumping and his brain doing nothing more than shouting "it's her, it's her" over and over again.
Chemistry, he thought grimly. It could turn the smartest man into a drooling idiot. Here he was, proving the theory true.” — 3 people liked it

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