Silver Spurs and a Twelve Pound Heart
Price as reviewed:
£9.99 for paperback
Author: Helen Newman Wood
Published: 2023
Available as paperback or Kindle edition
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About Silver Spurs and a Twelve Pound Heart
Helen Newman Wood’s novel is “inspired by the author’s love of equestrian sports and the stunning landscape of Northumberland”.
It features rider Katie, who has always loved “ponies, all things pink and sparkly and dashing event rider Roger Fleming Bowen”.
“Now in her twenties, she’s escaped a desk job in London, packed her collection of pink polo shirts and moved to Northumberland to work for her childhood hero,” the blurb says.
Review
Chick lit set in the world of eventing – what’s not to like?
It’s great fun. Of course the eventer Roger is very dashing, dark and brooding, and a fabulous rider, and of course Katie is beautiful and equally fabulous, and I don’t think it’s too much of a spoiler to mention what may or may not happen between them.
It may not be one to give your horsey grandmother owing to the unexpected and slightly gratuitous bedroom scenes, with erect nipples popping up everywhere, so to speak, but a good easy read, and a great one to take if you’re going on a non-horsey holiday this summer.
Verdict
A good, easy holiday read.
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