MARCH/APRIL 2014 THE RIDER /19 What’s On The Rider’s Bookshelf This Month
book review requests for horse-loving authors. Dur- ing March, while there’s still a ton of snow blocking the riding trails, why not reach for a great book and curl up in the barn with your four-legged best friend and share a great story.
recently published her lat- est book, the final novel in her Blaze of Glory young adult trilogy and it’s a per- fect ending to an exciting journey with horses, intrigue, romance, mystery plus a whole bunch of hoof beats, heartbreak and action.
Author M. Garzon We love receiving
leading lady, Tea, strug- gling with the increasingly complicated family dynam- ics and her romantic entan- glement with s t e p - c o u s i n Jaden while her strong and s u p p o r t i v e twin brother, Seth, is now off traveling a r o u n d Europe search
in of
their biologi- cal father. Both Tea and Jaden are focused more
stress
their career paths than each other w h i c h b r i n g s even more and
on
pleasure of reading and reviewing Ms. Garzon’s first two novels, Blaze of Glory and Look Twice, and Renaissance Man now con- cludes this series with a fulfilling grand finale. But like JK Rowland and her wizards, perhaps there still may be more stories to come…. We now find our
RENAISSANCE MAN By M. Garzon Published by Petal Press (336 pages - softcover) Price: $13.95 Last year, I had the
increasing responsibilities to their delicate relation- ship. Needless to say, fami- ly members are still irked that Tea and Jaden are dat- ing, but the couple seems committed to each no mat- ter what obstacles bar their way.
from Tea’s perspective and illustrates just how compli- cated families are, how dif- ficult sustaining a romantic relationship can be, how people struggle with the most important decisions of their lives and how those decisions impact the people around them. The author
plete her veterinary school- ing, Tea is forced to shoul- der more responsibilities at the family’s barn, and tries desperately to balance her education with her own rid- ing goals. Her life becomes more problematic when she finds herself aboard a tal- ented jumper, with clients who think she’s the one to take the horse to the top. We follow Tea as she rides and jumps her way to Spruce Meadows, but she realizes she has an impor- tant decision to make that could change her life and affect those closest to her: should I keep traveling the horse show circuit and aim for my dreams or stay home, save the farm and work on my relationships with Jaden and the family? What’s a girl to do? The story is told
While trying to com-
concludes Garzon’s sophis- ticated literary saddle-soap opera series which has
continues to tease her read- ers with the heated passion of young love, the persis- tence of family obligation, all the adventures and mys- teries that make up a life. Renaissance Man
throughout Tea’s coming- of-age story with it numer- ous twists and turns in romantic plotlines and fam- ily mysteries, and I highly recommend it as one of The Rider’s must-read, can’t put it down book selections.
entertained readers
the Young Adult (12-18) reader, the book still enter- tains a more mature audi- ence, and it’s not too steamy for the teenagers in your family. Available from select
bookstores and tack shops and major online book-
Although aimed at
sellers. Also available elec- tronically on Kindle, Kobo, iBooks and NOOK. For information on the author and her books, visit
www.mgarzon.com
Review by Glenda Ford- ham
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