Nightmares and Daydreams: A book about young love and horseracing

By J. Alyn Ahrens

Nightmare looked even blacker than I remembered. (I didn't believe it when Doc told me there is no such thing as a black Thoroughbred but some are so close most people refer to them as black.) She still looked very tiny in the straw-filled stall, but that was the end of her resemblance to the nearly dead newborn I remembered. . . . . . I was almost fifteen when I walked into the pool hall with Papa and met Caden Riley. That day I had no idea my life was about to totally change. I liked shooting pool, playing poker, and watching the ponies run at The Big Fresno Fair with Papa, but owning a Thoroughbred racehorse - even a baby one? What a long shot that would be. I did. By the time I was seventeen, my list of friends included an old horse doctor, a very small-time racehorse trainer, a has-been apprentice jockey, and two college girls. I'm Nicolasa Lucile de la Luz and this is my story. This is J Alyn Ahrens premier novel. She says one of the best things about writing horse racing stories is all the great people she gets to meet and the wonderful places she gets to visit while doing research.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1505977185
• ISBN13: 9781505977189
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"