Betting on hope

3.5 stars.
Pure, enjoyable, escapist fiction. A story to get lost in briefly without feeling deep emotional upheaval...mostly well-written, except for some explanation hiccups at the beginning (characters got a little jumbled in my head at one point.) Maggie and Tru are thrown together by chance and their publicity groups; he's got to take this klutzy beauty and turn her into an accomplished horsewoman in a rediculously short amount of time, and it quickly blossoms into a romance.
I'd recommend this to anyone looking for a solid, sweet romance. It's written from a Christian standpoint, but the only real mention is that they go to church and say “Thank God”....no big spiritual lessons here, so definitely no “preachiness”.