Ride with Me

A Quaking Heart Novel, Book 1

By: Janith Hooper

Narrated by: Alexander Salamat

Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's summary

He is her dream come to life. She is invisible to him....

Jessica Harper is a sweet and innocent woman, held back from a life of her own. Clint Wilkins is a cut above the rest, but he’s broken, and emotionally unavailable. When Clint’s vow to never marry and his attraction to Jessie square off, will he take her innocence...or her heart, and change both their lives forever.

Jessica Harper only daydreams of escaping her demanding family. So, when her Uncle Roy begs her to come to his large cattle ranch in Montana to help Mabel, his cantankerous cook, she jumps at the chance. Once Jessica arrives, the cook isn’t her only problem. Right out of the chute she meets the compelling, handsome ranch foreman. Though she recognizes him as her life-long dream, she must face the fact that they are not a matched set. He’s much too...everything, for her. Yet, Jessica can’t seem to keep her mind or her eyes off him. Her desire runs rampant, her faith is tested, her courage fails her, and that’s all before an unforeseen disaster strikes.

Clint Wilkins, the rugged, stand alone foreman - and Gallatin County’s most sought-after bachelor - has successfully fought off marriage for years. But, before he knows it, Jessica’s sweet nature and strong character burrow under his skin, blazing a path straight for his philandering heart. When he finds himself poleaxed by the wholesome Jessie, he must re-evaluate his calloused lifestyle. But, as he tries to change, he is reminded how damaged and used up he is, and how pure she remains. Yet, he can’t seem to resist her powerful tug on his reins.

Will they trust the path God has set for them, or turn away from each other for good?

©2013 Janith Hooper (P)2019 Janith Hooper

Clean and Romantic

Wonderful story. I highly recommend this book. The characters were well developed and loose ends tied up!

sweet story

A sweet clean strongly religious story. This engaging storyline had me on the edge of my seat with powerful struggles, twists and turns, and overcoming insecurities while searching for peace of God's love. The characters are well developed and interesting in this compelling wonderfully narrated story.

Exciting and fun!

I love it! Adventure I relate to, and really in touch with mindset of a pilgrim in progress.

Wonderful narrator is all this has going for it

I purely finished this because of the narrator's wonderful voice. The story itself was 12 hours of hearbreak, heartache, bad decisions, illogical actions, pain, suffering and injuries. And no one brushed their teeth ever. The H treated women as disposable and the h was a glutton for heartache.

I can believe that the H changed his ways, but it troubles me that the h liked the H for his looks (just like every other hussy since he reached puberty) instead of his substance. It cheapened their 'relationship' and he deserved better than that. Plus, if he was screwing anything on 2 legs for almost 20 years (before birth control) I cannot for one moment believe he didn't leave a lot of illegitimate children in his wake. How many women did he have sex with? Surely 100 at least - yuck.

Nope, not for me. I might just listen to this book in the background for the narrator's gravelly yet smooth voice, but that's it.