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In the eighth and final book of the Keystone Stables series, perfect for girls who love horses and horse fiction, foster child Skye must confront her past and decide her future when she has the opportunity to find her birth parents and possibly reunite.

On a trip to South Carolina with her foster family, Skye gets the shock of her life when the waitress at a local diner seems to recognize her. The woman proves to be Skye’s long-lost Aunt Millie—the first blood relative Skye has ever met. As Skye and Mom and Dad Chambers attempt to track down Skye’s birth parents with Millie’s help, Skye’s foster sister and best friend, Morgan, struggles with her own family regrets. As the secrets of both Skye’s and Morgan’s lives are revealed, it becomes clear more is at stake than anyone can imagine—and both girls have a big decision to make. 

The Long Ride Home:

In the seventh book of the Keystone Stables series, perfect for girls who love horses and horse fiction, foster child Skye gets more than she bargained for when the two newest arrivals to the ranch are a half-wild Mustang and a former gang member who may be just as uncontrollable.

While at a major horse show, Skye gets the biggest shock of her life: a surprise encounter with a switchblade-wielding teenager named Wanda. Before long, Skye’s foster parents decide to bring Wanda  to Keystone Stables as a foster child—and when they also purchase an out-of-control Mustang named Rebel, she can only wonder if they’ve lost their minds. But as Skye practices the gentle art of horse whispering with Rebel, she discovers a key that just might open up Wanda’s fearful, lonely heart to the healing power of God’s love.

Whispering Hope:

In the sixth book of the Keystone Stables series, perfect for girls who love horses and horse fiction, foster child Skye learns the true meaning of love when one of the returning campers with Downs Syndrome is insistent she is his girlfriend, and won’t leave her—or her beloved horse, Champ—alone.

Skye knows she should be kind to Joey Klingerman, and that he’s probably the most loving person she’s ever met, but his clinginess and insistence he and Skye are dating has become too much. Not only are his proclamations and “chivalrous” actions embarrassing, Joey won’t stop pestering Skye to let him ride Champ, her sorrel quarter horse. And while she knows it’s selfish, no one rides Champ but her.

Joey has an opportunity to compete at the Snyder County Horse show—but it could mean Skye sacrificing her own chance for a blue ribbon. As the competition nears, Skye prays for a miracle, either for Joey or her own hardening heart.

Blue Ribbon Champ:

In the fifth book of the Keystone Stables series, perfect for girls who love horses and horse fiction, foster child Skye hopes to find a new friend in Katie, a blind girl who is encountering horses for the first time—but Katie’s anger might end their relationship before it really starts.

When Skye hears that a blind girl named Katie Thomas will be coming to Keystone Stables to learn to ride horses, she’s determined to do whatever she can to make the new girl feel at home. That includes finding Katie the perfect horse to ride. Through Boomerang, a champion barrel racing pinto, Katie gains an excitement for riding lessons—but her recurring anger over her parents’ separation and upcoming divorce, as well as her blindness, leads to tensions in the barn and between Katie and Skye. Then Katie asks Skye to help her reach a very special goal for herself and Boomerang in hopes of getting both her parents to watch her ride at the same time. Achieving it will take courage—but the prize could be greater than any blue ribbon.

Leading the Way:

For horse-loving young readers comes the first book in the Keystone Stables series, where a tough foster child named Skye learns about love and forgiveness through a beautiful quarter horse named Champ.

Thirteen-year-old Skye Nicholson has become an expert at making sure no one will ever hurt her again. After her cold and angry behavior and numerous offenses remove her from more foster home placements than she cares to count, she’s headed toward juvenile detention. But then she’s given one last chance—an opportunity to live at Keystone Stables, a foster home and therapy camp where she meets a beautiful sorrel horse named Champ. As hard as she tries, she can’t deny she loves Champ—but her refusal to accept her new foster parents and their Christian faith might mean losing Champ forever.

A Horse to Love:

In the second book of the Keystone Stables series, perfect for girls who love horses and horse fiction, foster child Skye must face a new challenge with a friend from her past stays at the ranch Skye now calls home, threatening her new life and the horses she holds dear.

Skye Nicholson used to be a lot like her past friend Sooze: loud, angry, and willing to do anything to prove she didn’t need anyone. But after coming to Keystone Stables and realizing she is worth being loved, Skye’s life has changed. Now she would do anything to stay at the stables and around her beloved horses. But while the girls start training for an upcoming horse show, Sooze decides to sneak off with a hard-to-control Tennessee walking horse named Stormy, and disaster strikes—soon, Skye is questioning everything she’s started to believe about herself, including her newfound faith.

On the Victory Trail:

Once a rebellious juvenile delinquent, thirteen-year-old Skye now finds herself in a position to help others when her foster parents open the stables to a group of kids who have big problems just like she did. Skye finds her faith and patience tested as she, Chad, and Morgan teach horseback riding to four special needs children, including Katie, who is blind. Upset about her parents'' pending divorce, Katie is withdrawn and bitter at God and the world. With faith and friendship, Skye tries her best to show an increasingly isolated Katie that her parents-and God-will always love her, no matter what. Will Skye''s efforts be good enough?

In the fourth book of the Keystone Stables series, perfect for girls who love horses and horse fiction, foster child Skye heads into a new adventure where her skills with horses and new riders is put to the test, when what should have been a fun summer turns into a job wrangling one of the campers.

Skye has been looking forward to her time at Camp Oneega since their youth pastor mentioned the opportunity to volunteer for the summer. As a counselor, she envisions blissful days of sharing her love of horses and riding all the amazing trails. Plus, she’ll be able to spend time with her crush, Chad. Then Skye meets Jonathan, a deaf camper who insists on doing things his way when it comes to riding. Even when Skye uses her knowledge of American Sign Language to communicate, the boy refuses any type of help or friendship. Then Jonathan and his black gelding mount disappear into the hills, forcing Skye and Chad to lead the rescue to find him.

Summer Camp Adventure:

In the third book of the Keystone Stables series, perfect for girls who love horses and horse fiction, Skye faces a new challenge when a runaway girl becomes the newest foster child at the ranch—and soon becomes Skye’s nemesis as well.

Tanya Bell seems intent on making Skye’s life miserable. Even though Skye’s foster parents agreed to take Tanya in after she got caught shoplifting and ran away from home, the new girl seems more focused on causing fights and wreaking havoc in the barns than facing the reality of her situation. When one of the stable’s new mares arrives with a complicated pregnancy, Skye thinks she may have found a way to keep Tanya focused on something other than herself. But as the mare’s and foal’s lives become endangered, both Tanya and Skye face the test of their lives as they need to work together to overcome the challenges and surprises ahead.

Southern Belle’s Gift: