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Karen Robards is the author of thirty-four novels and one novella. A regular on the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists, among others, she is the mother of three boys, ages 12, 17, and 23, and lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

Alexandra Haywood loves Whistledown, the family's magnificent Shelby County, Kentucky horse farm. When Alex fires handsome Joe Welch, the farm manager, sparks of rage give way to a fiery attraction. When a shocking murder rocks the county, Alex and Joe race against time as the evil that lurks beneath a bucolic surface raises its gruesome head.

Lexington Herald-Leader

It is Robards' singular skill of combining intrigue with ecstasy that gives her romances their edge.