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Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18

I don’t usually begin a book review with a bible verse however in the case of Irish Meadows I thought this verse was fitting. The first book in the Courage to Dream series by Susan Anne Mason, Irish Meadows is a horse farm set in picturesque countryside of Long Island, New York. Once a very successful horse breeding farm Irish Meadows owner James O’Leary is beginning to feel the financial ramifications of legislation forbidding horse racing. The proud patriarch of the O’Leary family is willing to gamble the happiness of both of his daughters in order to save the family estate.

To her credit the author breaks from the usual prescription for romance. However, for

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