This book had some elements that I really liked. The mob boss' daughter who didn't know what he did for a living was a good premise. Somehow, it just seemed like the book was written on the surface and I didn't feel deeply for any of the characters. The people in the town were all just too good to be true. There were no petty or bitchy people, just not realistic. I also thought that the scene in the saloon where the back story of every couple was explained was just too much. I knew immediately that these couples had had stories. I didn't need to have a recap of each previous book.

On the plus side, having worked on a horse breeding farm myself, I liked that the breeding details were right and I appreciated that the author did not try to give human values to the horses.

However, there was one scene that was just odd. The heroine was a city girl, scared of horses. This was a big operation. There were plenty of hired hands to do the work. Why then was there that odd scene where the heroine was cleaning stalls? There was no explanation, no scenes leading up to it, no reason for a guest at a multimillion dollar breeding farm to be cleaning stalls especially with a wheel barrow since most of the bigger equine operations use more modern equipment (bobcats and manure spreaders etc.) Why did the three brothers just stand and watch her? She shooed them away saying she had work to do. This was a scene that contributed nothing to move the story forward just a chance to have the heroine fall down in manure. Hmmm. ( )