JOCKEYS AND JEWELS (Dangerous Odds Romantic Mystery Book 1)

Undercover Cop Kurt Mackinnon Is Determined To Catch His Partner's Killer. He Doesn't Count On His Incredible Chemistry With One Of The Suspects...or The Feelings She Ignites That Are Dangerously Real. National Readers Choice Award Finalist Romance Writers Of America® Golden Heart® Finalist Jockeys And Jewels Is A Sparkling Jewel Of A Romance--clever, Entertaining, And Touching. --julianne Maclean, Usa Today Bestselling Author Kurt Mackinnon Resists Leaving His Training Stable To Dive Back Into Undercover Work. He's Seen Enough Sordidness To Last A Lifetime. But When His Former Partner Is Murdered, Kurt Ships His Third-string Thoroughbreds To The Backwater Track Where His Partner Was Last Seen Alive. He Vows To Make Someone Pay, Even If The Killer Turns Out To Be A Talented Lady Rider With A Smoking Hot Body And A Disarming Smile. Julie West Is Chasing A Big Win, Struggling To Boost Her Reputation And Propel Her Into The Elite Jockey Ranks. There's No Time For Love, But She'd Have To Be Blind And Maybe Dead Not To Notice The Magnetic New Trainer In Town. With Her Talent For Handling Problem Horses, She Agrees To Work For Kurt, Never Suspecting She's Already A Person Of Interest--and It's Not Because Of Her Riding Skills. Kurt Never Expected His Contrary Colt To Flourish Under Julie's Feminine Touch Nor For His Own Cynical Heart To Soften. But When His Investigation Tightens Around The Truth, His Deceit Thrusts Them Squarely Into The Killing Field...dragging The Woman He's Grown To Love Right Along With Him. Dangerous Odds Romantic Mystery Series: Jockeys And Jewels (dangerous Odds Book 1) Color My Horse (dangerous Odds Book 2) Fillies And Females (dangerous Odds Book 3) "National Readers Choice Awards Finalist - Racehorse trainer, Kurt MacKinnon, resents being yanked into undercover police work. But when his ex-partner is murdered, Kurt is determined to find the killer and moves his third-string Thoroughbreds to the backwater track where his partner was last seen alive. Julie West, struggling apprentice jockey, pins her dreams of an elusive win on the new trainer in town, never suspecting she's a person of interest "and not because of her riding ability. Kurt didn't expect his contrary colt to flourish under Julie's feminine touch nor for his own rusty heart to soften. However, his deceit sucks them both into the cross-hairs of a killer, and suddenly much more than their love is in danger."-- Provided by publisher "Ex-cop Kurt MacKinnon resents leaving his training stable to dive back into undercover work. He's seen enough sordidness to last a lifetime. But when his former partner is murdered, Kurt ships his third-string Thoroughbreds to the backwater track where his partner was last seen alive. He intends to make someone pay, even if the killer turns out to be a talented rider with a smoking hot body and a disarming smile."