Stallion

HARD FEELINGS

Love can set you free.

Lukas Lockhart has everything. A famous football star, Lukas has wealth, charm, and an athletic body that graces billboards all over the country. But Lukas is a man beset by a private trauma that threatens to bring him down. Happiness has eluded Lukas...that is until he meets Dylan Barrett. A computer programming geek with a passion for making the world a better place, Dylan isn't interested in getting to know the icon, but he is interested in loving the decent, sensual man trapped behind the cultivated image.

But not everyone is happy about the passionate romance between Lukas and Dylan. Derek Burke, Lukas' manipulative manager, is unwilling to give up control of America's star football player and the vast wealth that comes with managing his career. To him, Dylan is a threat. He wants him out of the picture and he'll do just about anything to make sure that happens.
Lukas and Dylan must risk everything they have ever worked for and battle their own demons to overcome the lies and deceit that threaten to keep them apart.

James Ryder, author of Merrywood Hall and Carver's Cove, presents Hard Feelings, an emotional novel about love, liberation, lies and redemption.

STALLION

All Shane O'Neill wants to do is play polo. He's talented, driven, and hungry. And now he's been given the chance of a lifetime — a spot on a team owned by the brash Texas millionaire, Red Walker. It's the chance of a lifetime, but even more than that, it's an opportunity for Shane to earn enough money to pay off his brother's medical bills.
But life in the glamorous world of professional polo brings up unexpected challenges for Shane.

For a start there's Priscilla Walker, a former beauty queen, who is desperate for Shane's help. She wants to escape her unhappy marriage to Red and be with her Argentine love, Alejandro Falcon. And she wants Shane's help to achieve her goal. Unfortunately that means sacrificing his principles.

And things start getting even more complicated when Shane finds himself irresistibly attracted to the brooding, sensual Argentine, who is also one of the best polo players in the world. Alejandro doesn't shy away from pursuing Shane either, on and off the polo field. Resisting him isn't easy. But Shane knows that if he gives into his desires, he runs the risk of hurting his family, his career, and his heart.

STALLION is book four in the STATES OF LOVE series.