Merindah Park

'Money lost, nothing lost. Courage lost, everything lost.' My dad's favorite quote. Maybe not one I should be listening to, given my gambling-addict dad sank our once-famous horse stud into a deep, deep hole. Five years I've been digging it out. Slowly. Carefully. And now...I am risking it all. Risking Merindah Park on a stallion. Tsuyoi Red, runner up in the Japan Derby last year. Now is not the time to get distracted by a gorgeous, pragmatic veterinarian. Toshiko Sato I'm at a crossroads in my life. Though my father encouraged me to follow my dreams and become an expert veterinarian, he left our family's horse farm, Tomikusa, to my younger brother. My family expects me to honor my father's wishes and marry a neighbour-a perfectly nice man who I don't feel any spark with at all. But, my own ability to bet-successfully-on horse races has given me options. This decision would be easier if I didn't feel the wicked chemistry hovering between me and the handsome, broad-shouldered Australian that my brother has decreed I will travel with to Australia to look after an injured horse. I'm usually so good at calculating the odds. But, how do I choose between losing my place in my family, and losing myself?

A brand-new Merindah Park story about second chances and risking it all for love. Rachel Bassett I left the family horse stud behind at 16 to pursue a career as a jockey. I've been killing it in a male-dominated industry, and now all my hard work has paid off-my first group one win, the biggest success of my career. But I'm not celebrating. My girlfriend just dumped me in front of a crowded pub, and now I don't even have a home to go to. The only saving grace is Allira, who I haven't seen since school, who has offered me a place to stay. If only her hot-as-hell brother would stop visiting-I'm swearing off relationships, with men and women alike, to focus on my career. Jacob Mullagh I might be a top AFL player, but what I really want to do when my footy career is over is open up my own law firm. My teammates call me 'Lawless', but I'm anything but. I work hard to keep my public image sparkling clean; for the sake of my football career and my long term future. But now my foolish friends, and that woman-that stunning, bold, brash, athletic, beautiful woman staying at my sister's house-are going to put it all in jeopardy. I can't risk my reputation for the sake of the ones I love ... can I?

Australian author Renee Dahlia takes us back to Merindah Park for this rural romance about letting go of the past and the healing power of horses. Serena Bassett Home. It's been a long journey to recovery after the horse racing accident that nearly killed me, and now I'm ready to embrace life. Yes, I have a head injury, but that's not going to stop me creating a survival list of all the things I was too polite to do before. Number one on the list is to ride again. Also on the list: kiss Lee Edwards, my former boss and hot-as-hell neighbour. Not that I'm going to write that one down where anyone might see it. Lee Edwards The last six months have been hell. Not only did one of my horses nearly kill my stable jockey, Serena, but the accident wrecked my friendship with her brother and reminded me that I'm a failure. Just like my father said I'd be. I moved to Australia, the other side of the world, to get away from his negative voice and create a new life as a horse trainer. And now Serena is on my doorstep, demanding to learn to ride again. I can't do it. I won't be responsible for hurting her again. So why is it so hard to say no?

One fast horse, and a whirlwind romance set among the glamour of Royal Ascot. Shannon Bassett It's a long way from Merindah Park, Australia, to Royal Ascot--but that's where I've found myself. The international stud farm that bought my horse, Biographical, want him to race and as his trainer, they need me here. I'm not the top hat and penguin suit type, and the media here don't get my horse at all--unlike the beautiful woman reading the newspaper over my shoulder on the train today. I'm going home soon so I shouldn't fall for Ananya, but she understands me as well as horses ... and she's sexy as hell ... Ananya Rahman According to my middle class, hard-working parents, I have the world's weirdest hobby. I love doing pedigree analysis on racehorses, and I spend much of my hard-earned cash every year on clothes for Royal Ascot. Still, I didn't mean to lecture this cute Aussie about his own horse on the train today--or to be pulled into his fancy world of horse breeders. I'm a London girl and he's from the other side of the world ... but we both forget that when we kiss. What happens when the races are over?