Bluegrass State of Mind

Bluegrass, Book 1

By: Kathleen Brooks

Narrated by: Eric Dove

Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

See where the USA Today best-selling Author Kathleen Brooks began!

This is the first book in Kathleen Brooks' Best-Selling Bluegrass Series.

McKenna Mason, a New York City attorney with a love of all things Prada, is on the run from a group of powerful, dangerous men. McKenna turns to a teenage crush, Will Ashton, for help in starting a new life in beautiful horse country. She finds that Will is now a handsome, successful race horse farm owner. As the old flame is ignited, complications are aplenty in the form of a nasty ex-wife, an ex-boyfriend intent on killing her, and a feisty race horse who refuses to race without a kiss. Can Will and McKenna cross the finish line together, and more importantly, alive?

©2011 Kathleen Brooks (P)2013 Kathleen Brooks

Great start for the series!

McKenna Mason was an attorney on the run from some powerful men in New York City. She runs to an old teenage crush named Will Ashton of Keeneston Kentucky. We meet all those wonderful caring people who will play promote roles throughout the series. They are funny, caring, dependable, fierce defenders and they take care of their own. McKenna is welcomed into their community and most importantly into the Ashton family.

Eric Dove does a great job throughout the series and I found all the books to be entertaining and quite enjoyable!

Good not Great

okay this is my first book from Kathleen. like I said good not great. cute characters and story. if you are looking for a steamy romantic book this ain't it. But if you want a good story and cute characters then this is perfect.

Good start to the series

This isn't entirely a stand alone story, but is completed enough of you don't want to continue.
I'm keen to get to know the best friend, and see what happens with the case in the next book.

Narration was good, and the story easy to follow

a must read

had me on the edge to the very end. i absolutely loved it. great read

Fun Read!!!

Where does Bluegrass State of Mind rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Right in the middle.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It was so much fun to listen to. I had to disregard the inaccuracies regarding horses, such as a horse in a sale that was sired by the winner of the Kentucky Derby the year before. With the winner of the Derby in May...the foal would not be born before this sale unless he was used at stud prior to being raced. The breeding of Naked Boot Leg and Desert Girl would make a foal that would be a minimum of 6 months behind most of the foals born that next year and that is undesireable.

Just perfect

I enjoyed every bit of this story. At one part I almost ff it but KB didn't draw the lie out so perfectly done. Eric was wonderful on all accounts. If you want a awesome love story with a great mix of action and awesome characters get this book iI loved it.

Dialog wasn't natural

A lot of the dialog felt unnatural with characters often giving long monologs to fill in background information and or move the story forward. I also didn't like the ending. The story just stopped abruptly. Overall storyline was interesting.

Welcome to Keenston.

This is the first of Kathleen Brooks’ amazing bluegrass series. Kenna is running from danger. She heads for Keenston Kentucky hoping to find a sanctuary and she does along with finding out her old family friend Will Ashton is much hotter then he was at 15 and the spark just may still be there. Be prepared to fall in love with a whole town, Keenston is that small town everyone wants to live in.

Love this book.

This book has everything. Romance, intrigue, action and suspense. The narrator was very good also.

2.5 stars rounded up

It was okay, but too many far fetched elements made it difficult to believe. It didn't feel cohesive, and the relationship with the H/h didn't really develop.

Narrator:

Eric Dove-3stars-I really like his voice, but his character voices aren't good He didn't really fit the story, either. It was awkward hearing him read the female parts.

Spoilers:

The h was dramatic and childish. Adults TALK to one another before jumping to stupid conclusions. I HATED the part where the h didn't go ask the H about the crazy ex moving in and rekindling their romance.
A crazy ex who was behind the problems at Will's farm, a prince in the small town, corrupted FBI/senators/lawyers from the biggest lawfirm in NY. All put together was crazy.