Hunter's Moon - Tapa dura

A young woman, who supports her younger siblings by grooming horses in a Louisville stable, joins forces with an FBI agent who has come to the area to investigate a racehorse-fixing scheme, and together they find both deadly danger and a mutual attraction. 75,000 first printing. $75,000 ad/promo.

oung woman with a painful family secret.  A lonely but determined FBI agent with a crime to solve.  Set amid the lush landscape of Lexington, Kentucky--serious horse country, and home to the famous Keeneland Race Course--Hunter's Moon is the riveting new novel of romantic suspense from New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards.

It's not as if Molly Ballard has ever had it easy.  At twenty-four, she's the sole support of her younger brothers and sisters, struggling to make ends meet by grooming at a Kentucky stable.  So when FBI agent Will Lyman, in town from Chicago to investigate a racehorse-fixing scheme, catches her stealing cash from the stable, he's inclined to let her off with only a warning.  Then Will realizes that Molly's familiarity with horses can help him nail the culprit he seeks.  There's only one catch:  She has to pose as his girlfriend to ward off suspicion.