title: Horse Diaries #7: Risky Chance
author:  Alison Hart 
description: ALISON HART has been horse-crazy ever since she can remember. A teacher and author, she's written over 20 books for children, most of them about horses. Her novel <i>Shadow Horse,</i> another Random House title, was nominated for an Edgar Award. Today Ms. Hart still rides becauseyou guessed itshe's still horse-crazy!<br /><br />RUTH SANDERSON has illustrated books for children of all ages, including <i>Summer Pony; Winter Pony; Hush, Little Horsie,</i> and the entire Horse Diaries series. She lives with her family in Ware, Massachusetts, and her favorite hobby is horseback riding.
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  His secret past. His second chance.  
  Three Sisters Ranch could be his way home...
  
  
  When inexperienced rancher Nicole Bell starts training her troubled mare,
  Fernando Montoya has just the expertise she needs. But helping Nicole brings
  Fernando dangerously close to revealing the secret he’d rather keep hidden: he
  learned the skill in prison. While the horse draws them together, can Fernando
  find a way to tell her the truth...and keep it from pulling them apart?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Fernando realized he’d pushed too hard with Nicole.
  
  
  He’d tried so hard to get her to understand his way of thinking—and forgive
  him. He should have been more gentle and patient with her, rather than
  demanding.
  
  
  “How will this stop her from biting?” Nicole asked, looking up from Snookie.
  
  
  He felt Nicole’s horse tense as he felt along the ridge on her back. “Horses
  bite for a lot of reasons. She’s exploring, but she also knows it’s a good way
  to pr