When a handsome new trainer arrives at Bittersweet Farm, the competition between half-sisters is no longer limited to the show ring. Talia Margolin's life has been marked by events completely beyond her control--her mother's death, her move to her father's horse farm, the retirement of her show horse. Now she faces the arrival of a new coach whose job is to get Talia's half-sister, Greer, qualified for the finals at the National Horse Show. Greer is brutal on trainers but Lockie Malone is different. Handsome, talented, and with a will of hardened steel, Lockie can be an immovable object. He also becomes the agent for change in the lives of everyone at Bittersweet Farm. For seventeen year old Talia, change has never meant anything but loss. Will this time be different?

Bittersweet Farm 1: Mounted

Literature & Fiction

Morgenroth, Barbara

Genre Fiction

DashingBooks

Life at Bittersweet Farm is one long challenge for Talia Margolin. Their trainer, Lockie Malone, believes she can become a dressage rider. But Talia is unconvinced, even with her talented new horse, Joyful Spirit. Her half-sister is easily switching to jumpers, her friends have unshared secrets and there’s a hunter pace looming in the near future. Can life get more complicated? Yes, it can.

Bittersweet Farm 2: Joyful Spirit

Teen & Young Adult

Always believing that even if she was good enough for nothing else, Greer Swope was good on a horse. History hasn't borne that out. Now Greer's left equitation behind for show jumping but it won't happen overnight. It might even take the help of a new trainer. Enter Cameron Rafferty. His horse is lame, he lost his last job and he wants the new Bittersweet prospect. One of the top riders in the country, Cam is known as a player. Can Greer handle her horse, and Cam Rafferty, too?

Bittersweet Farm 3: Wingspread

Greer Swope has something to prove. But even she doesn't quite know what. Always believing that even if she was good enough for nothing else, she was good enough on a horse. History hasn't borne that out. Now Greer's left equitation and hunter classes behind for show jumping but it won't happen overnight. It might even take the help of a new trainer. Enter Cameron Rafferty whose horse is lame, who was fired from his last job and who wants the newest Bittersweet prospect. He's one of the top riders and he is a player. Can Greer handle her horse, Counterpoint, and Cam Rafferty, too? Talia can only look on at what might be the latest train wreck.

Bittersweet Farm 4: Counterpoint

With snow falling and the holiday season approaching, Greer, Lockie and Cam head to Florida to prepare for the winter show circuit. While receiving help at the farm from an unexpected source, Talia’s on her own managing Victoria Rowe’s serial emergencies. Her life takes a turn toward the Bows and Braids set as Tali suddenly has ponies and little girls to train. Can ponies help Tali take Bittersweet Farm to the next level of competition? Will they replace those people Tal misses so desperately?

Bittersweet Farm 5: Calling All Comets

Children's Books

How much trouble can one girl find herself in? How about two girls? In Florida for the Winter Equestrian Festival, Greer finds that doing the right thing leads to complications. For Talia, doing the right thing has a cost. This is a time of changes for everyone. The direction they were going in on New Year’s Day, is not where they are one month later. For some, that’s a good thing. For some, it’s not.

Bittersweet Farm 6: Kyff

There comes a time when the deepest secrets can’t be kept any longer. Cam knew Greer’s secret before anyone else. Even with their contentious connection always going flat out, Cam didn’t need to be told. Greer isn’t the only one with secrets left unsaid and Talia is left wondering if she’s the only person at Bittersweet Farm with nothing to hide.

Bittersweet Farm 7: Lyric Line

Spring has arrived and with it new horses, new challenges and old adversaries. As Talia’s birthday approaches, her way forward is less certain than Greer’s vision of her future. No matter how much Greer takes on, she manages to handle all of it from the Ambassador of Good Cheer to organizing a horse show. Unfortunately, Greer can’t manage Cam as easily. What Lockie has avoided saying for months can’t go unsaid any longer and he chooses to have the talk after her eighteenth birthday party. Talia’s first question is “Are you leaving?”

Bittersweet Farm 8: Tea Biscuit

"Did you stay overnight with Sloane? That shouldn't be such a hard question to answer!" "Why do you want to know?" Cam and Greer can't stop fighting and while it's tearing Greer up, it doesn't seem to affect Cam at all. Spring has arrived, fresh in all ways, with it an unexpected addition to the farm and an expected departure. Victoria is not without her surprises or her style of revenge. New opportunities are presented to Talia but she hesitates, unclear about the direction the farm should take.Any choice means giving up something else.

Bittersweet Farm 9: Roll the Dice

Horses and riders come and go. Unfortunately, Greer's junior division nemesis, Nicole Boisvert, looks like she's going to stay. Nicole has always had a special affection for her trainers and she's talking a real interest in Cam Rafferty. One pony turns out to be a rock star, Buck Bouley's family problems spill over into the world of Bittersweet Farm, Talia and CB grow as a team and Lockie considers how his time is best spent. Andrew has a surprise announcement, Jules has a surprise visitor and Victoria easily publishes her second book to the internet.

Bittersweet Farm 10: Whiskey Tango

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