Nathan Pratchett’s last relationship ended because he spends too much time at the barn with his mare, Birch. But he finds peace in the saddle.<br><br>However, Birch seems to have other plans.<br><br>After losing a shoe while out on a trail ride, Nathan is forced to use a new ferrier. After that, it seems like Birch is a different horse. She’s gone from well-behaved to running loose! And, for some reason, she keeps winding up at the home of a dreamy fella named Lucas Shaw. Is it possible the mare knows something Nathan doesn’t?

A New Pair of Steel Shoes

And he was beginning to think he wouldn’t find it with Marsha.


He heaved a sigh, shoulders slumping. In that moment he wanted nothing more than to be back home with a bowl of chocolate sauce drizzled ice cream and a good movie, preferably nothing to do with love.


“It’ll sort itself out,” Eleanor piped up having heard the forlorn tone. “Trust me, Nathan, sweetheart, you will find the one you’re meant to be with when the moment is right.”


“What if the moment is never right?”


Chapter 4