The Ride of Her Life, Jennifer Dugan
The Ride of Her Life, Jennifer Dugan
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The Ride of Her Life
A Novel

Author: Jennifer Dugan

Narrator: Lindsey Dorcus

Unabridged: 10 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Avon

Published: 05/28/2024


Synopsis

From the author of Love at First Set, a new irresistible enemies-to-lovers, grumpy/sunshine queer romcom for fans of Delilah Green Doesn’t Care, about a wedding-obsessed city girl who inherits a horse farm from her estranged late aunt, and clashes with the cocky, unfairly hot farrier who thinks she’s going to run the barn into the ground.Molly McDaniel’s life is falling apart. Between her day job as a barista, her night job at a call center, and her crushing student loans, she’s barely getting by. And that dream she has of starting a wedding event planning business? The dream that led to all those student loan in the first place? She can feel it slipping farther and farther out of reach every day. So the absolute last thing she needs is to discover she’s inherited a run-down, struggling horse barn out of the blue, courtesy of her estranged late aunt.Molly is so ill-equipped to run the barn, it’s laughable. She certainly doesn’t have the money, time or knowledge needed to save it, no matter how much faith everyone who loved her aunt has that she will. But the more Molly gets involved, the more she starts to wonder: maybe the barn is a blessing in disguise. If she can sell the land, the profits could be the small-business seed money miracle she’s been waiting for. So what if she’s starting to love everyone in the mismatched family she’s found here?Well, everyone except Shani, the resident farrier and family friend who took care of Molly’s aunt in her last days. Judgmental, grouchy Shani, who refuses to give up on the barn; who walks around like she so much better than Molly; who’s actually really good with the horses…and kind of thoughtful. And obnoxiously hot. And unfailingly loyal.And suddenly, Shani has become an entirely different kind of problem, one Molly can’t possibly solve, not without risking her whole future, no matter how much her heart wishes she could.

About Jennifer Dugan

Jennifer Dugan is an awkward romantic who writes across many genres and categories. Her debut novel, Hot Dog Girl, was called a “great fizzy rom-com” by Entertainment Weekly and “one of the best reads of the year, hands down” by Paste Magazine. She is best known for Some Girls Do, her third young adult novel which took TikTok by storm. Her adult romances, Love at First Set and The Ride of Her Life, boast “the most hilarious disaster bisexuals you’ll ever meet” per Buzzfeed. Jennifer has also collaborated with artist Kit Seaton on several graphic novels, including the GLAAD Outstanding Original Graphic Novel Nominee, Coven.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sunny on October 01, 2024

This was solid but not mind blowing. The very very very obvious solution to the main character’s most pressing problems was incredibly frustrating, as well as the non resolution of the non-romantic relationship plotlines and developments, which I get is a setup for sequels and an extended series, bu......more

Goodreads review by Madalyn (Novel Ink) on May 26, 2024

despite the cheesy title, this ended up being an unexpected delight! i’m not usually a fan of western romances (although perhaps i just needed to read a sapphic one), but i DO love a hate-to-love romance, which i thought this book did really well. the setting and premise were both really fun, and i......more

Goodreads review by Emé on August 07, 2024

Here's the thing: this book feels like the first and second halves were written by two completely different people. And I was gonna rate this 3 stars for being a basic fun, fluffy romance, but there's some shit I just cannot let slide. First up, the MC is a disaster bi. That's cool, we all know one.......more

Goodreads review by Howard on August 29, 2024

4 Stars for Ride of Her Life (audiobook) by Jennifer Dugan read by Lindsey Dorcus. A young woman in crippling student loan debt inherits a horse farm. At first it seems like a joke but then she realizes that she can sell the place and set up her new life. But more time she spends there the more atta......more

Goodreads review by Anniek on May 19, 2024

This was my 5th book by Jennifer Dugan, and most of them have been very middle of the road and unmemorable for me. I can already tell this will be the same. I did mostly enjoy this, but it also just didn't quite become as good as it could have been. So much of this left me wanting, and the main char......more