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Impressive Bravado Kindle Edition

by K. A. Jordan (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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When a colt named Impressive Bravado is attacked in his stall, Deputy Sheriff Shallamon calls Dr. Katie McCarty DVM for help. What Katie finds is a recipe for disaster - a woman calling herself a "Horse Whisperer," a show barn full of teen girls, half-trained stallions and an old stallion of a discredited line. Can this 'Horse Whisperer' really control a stable full of rambunctious colts? Adding to the confusion are the typical rivalries of the horse show world, including her father's palomino stallion Topper. Luckily, when disaster strikes, Dr McCarty is there to take charge!
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    50 pages
  2. Language
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  3. Publication date
    May 30, 2011
  4. File size
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About the Author

K. A. Jordan is a refugee from the Rust Belt of Ohio who escaped to the Blue Grass of Kentucky in 1992. She writes and blogs from 'Jordan's Croft,' a small farm where she lives with her husband, a retired Army Staff Sergeant, and three horses.

She holds a degree in Applied Science, rides American Quarter horses, gardens, and can often be found on the back of her husband's Suzuki M109 motorcycle.

Her debut novel "Let's Do Lunch," set in Elizabethtown Kentucky, was published as an e-book in 2010. Starting in December 2011, it hit the Amazon UK Bestseller's List where it spent 10 weeks, peaking at number eight for 10 days. The novel is available as an e-book and as a paperback.

She followed with 'Swallow the Moon' a Paranormal Romance set in her old home town of Ashtabula Ohio, available as an e-book and as a paperback. 

Her new Young Adult series is 'Horsewomen of the Zombie Apocalypse' consists of three books: 'The Emissary: Journey'; 'The Emissary: Arrival'; and 'The Emissary: Homeward.' The fourth book in the series 'The Healer' tells the story of Alexis McLeod and her adventures at Fort Chatten, and is due sometime in early 2018. 

She says of her writing: "I write the stories that I want to read, stories written for the head as well as the heart. There are no 'ripped bodices' in my fiction, but you will find complex plots, strong women, charming criminals, wounded heroes, mad artists, and the occasional haunted motorcycle."

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0053HA1LI
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Icy Road Publishing (May 30, 2011)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 30, 2011
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.1 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 50 pages
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K. A. Jordan resides at 'Jordan's Croft' a small farm in Kentucky where she lives with her husband and an ever-changing cast of critters. She holds a degree in Information Systems, rides horses and motorcycles and is the Editor-in-Chief of Icy Road Publishing.

Her debut novel "Let's Do Lunch" spent ten weeks on the Amazon UK Bestseller's list for Romantic Suspense starting in December of 2011. Her series, Horsewomen of the Zombie Apocalypse, is based on her relationship with her horses, who steal the show with their antics.

She says of her writing: "I write the stories that I want to read and can't always find. There are no 'ripped bodices' in my books, you will find warrior women, Spanish mustangs, charming criminals, wounded heroes, and mad artists."

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  • Sharon Tillotson
    4.0 out of 5 stars Impressive Story!
    Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2011
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    I loved this little story. In only 7 k words, the author has managed to tell a wonderfully satisfying, complete story with complex, engaging characters.

    Dr. Katie McCarty is a newly-minted veterinarian. Early one morning she gets a call from a handsome Deputy to look at a colt that has been raised for expensive breeding stock. Someone has snuck into the stables and gelded this magnificent specimen of Show Horse.

    Aside from losing his manhood, the colt will be all right. It is the `horse whisperer' the stables maintain who worries Katie.

    Just who and why someone would neuter the colt from the long line of `Impressive' breeding stock is the mystery that Katie and the Deputy must solve...

    I understand this may be the first in a series. I certainly hope so; I want to read more of Katie and her friends, family, and foes.
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  • Matt Posner
    4.0 out of 5 stars An engrossing short story.
    Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2017
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    I enjoyed this short story - a fairly easy mystery to solve, but one in a setting that is both unusual for me as a reader and also atmospheric. The main character, a young vet, could anchor much longer stories than this - there are hints here of possibilities for her that aren't developed because of the brevity of the story. As a small child, I read some Walter Farley, a different writer but one whom I recall fondly as I read this story.

    Disclosure: I am slightly acquainted with the author, but was not asked to review the book.
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  • Kenneth R. Morris
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2017
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    Short story about a Veterinarian and horses. Very quick but has some spots of character.
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  • Christine N. Ethier
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great Quarter Horse Story
    Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2012
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    Extremely real story about quarter horses. Part mystery, part straight horse tale. Jordan knows herself and the writing is very good.
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  • Ian Mathie
    4.0 out of 5 stars Gritty and gripping, truth from the horse barn
    Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2012
    It takes someone who really understands horses to write a story like this. Kat Jordan not only offers terrifyingly graphic descriptions of how stallions behave in the presence of pheromones, be they equine or human, she also lets us in on some of the devious politics and scurrilous practices that litter the horse breeding and showing world. Her story line is deceptively simple, but it contains a lot of nuances, with a variety of lessons for would be horse lovers the world over. To achieve all this in only about seven thousand words shows that Jordan is also an excellent wordsmith.
    Impressive Bravado presents us with an equine love triangle. We find a professional veterinarian who, although newly qualified, has seen it all before. On another axis is a gaggle of horse besotted teenage girls who have managed to persuade unaware parents to buy them stallion colts from the Impressive bloodline. The third side of the triangle is populated by those who would make money out of the horses, some of them at all costs. These include a charlatan horse whisperer, the secret pockets of her flamboyant robes full of treats to bribe the horses into doing what she wants and unscrupulous breeders who casually ignore the risks posed by dangerous blood lines. To complicate matters these are opposed by equally ruthless horse trainers, prepared to maim or kill to protect their reputations whilst attempting to stamp out a dangerous genetic line.
    To this volatile mix Jordan adds the merest suspicion of romance in the form of a handsome city bred law enforcement officer whose eye for a pretty lady picks out Kate, the veterinarian, despite the layer of foul substances the dramatic events at the Dusty Boots horse fair have covered her in that morning.
    This is a well rounded story, a delight to read and one which should be required reading for all youngsters who long to own a horse of their own. It should also be read by the parents who would buy them those horses, to bring them face to face with the sometimes brutal realities of what they could be letting themselves and their children in for.
    Expect a lot more good writing from this author.
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  • Ian Mathie
    4.0 out of 5 stars Gritty and Gripping, truth from the horse barn
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 7, 2012
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    It takes someone who really understands horses to write a story like this. Kat Jordan not only offers terrifyingly graphic descriptions of how stallions behave in the presence of pheromones, be they equine or human, she also lets us in on some of the devious politics and scurrilous practices that litter the horse breeding and showing world. Her story line is deceptively simple, but it contains a lot of nuances, with a variety of lessons for would be horse lovers the world over. To achieve all this in only about seven thousand words shows that Jordan is also an excellent wordsmith.
    Impressive Bravado presents us with an equine love triangle. We find a professional veterinarian who, although newly qualified, has seen it all before. On another axis is a gaggle of horse besotted teenage girls who have managed to persuade unaware parents to buy them stallion colts from the Impressive bloodline. The third side of the triangle is populated by those who would make money out of the horses, some of them at all costs. These include a charlatan horse whisperer, the secret pockets of her flamboyant robes full of treats to bribe the horses into doing what she wants and unscrupulous breeders who casually ignore the risks posed by dangerous blood lines. To complicate matters these are opposed by equally ruthless horse trainers, prepared to maim or kill to protect their reputations whilst attempting to stamp out a dangerous genetic line.
    To this volatile mix Jordan adds the merest suspicion of romance in the form of a handsome city bred law enforcement officer whose eye for a pretty lady picks out Kate, the veterinarian, despite the layer of foul substances the dramatic events at the Dusty Boots horse fair have covered her in that morning.
    This is a well rounded story, a delight to read and one which should be required reading for all youngsters who long to own a horse of their own. It should also be read by the parents who would buy them those horses, to bring them face to face with the sometimes brutal realities of what they could be letting themselves and their children in for.
    Expect a lot more good writing from this author.
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