When endurance rider Bethany’s husband of eight years presents his pregnant mistress and demands a divorce, her plans for the future shattered.  True, he isn’t much of a husband, and she really doesn’t have many plans, but it’s quite an unexpected surprise.

After the divorce, she takes up traveling the USA riding 25-100 mile competitions and writing about them for trade publications. Witnessing a murder in a deserted rest area terrifies her.  Before dying, the victim pleads with her to deliver documents from his Post Office box to his son Roger.  Mousey, quiet Bethany develops a new persona who has the brass and courage to elude the killers and the desire to solve the mystery surrounding the old man’s kidnapping and death. This adventure leads her to Roger Meadows, the handsome son of the victim.

What happens next?
The killers try to capture Bethany, to silence her and to reclaim the documents. With the aid of Roger, she works to unravel the mystery and discover the identity of the mastermind.  Both try to battle the attraction and chemistry that flares between them. In the end, it is a desperate ride that brings both of them to the final knowledge needed to solve the mystery and cement their love.

Tell us about Bethany.
Bethany is a very strong woman in that she has been rejected by a controlling husband and bounced back to become a confident competitor and when she witnesses a murder she is able to find a way to hide from the killers by changing her looks as well as her persona. She goes from mousey and shy to sassy, brassy and bold to give herself the courage she needs to solve the mystery while keeping ahead of the killers.

What genre is this novel?
Romantic Mystery or Romantic Suspense would best classify it. There is murder, chase scenes, and wild rides. The heroine undergoes a major change in appearance and learns to be more of a feminine woman while keeping her self-reliance and ability to think on her feet.

Tell us about yourself.

Kasey (Kim) Riley is an equestrienne with over twenty years of horse ownership and Endurance riding to her credit.  While never aspiring to place at the top of the events, her horses have seen that she has many top ten placements to their credit.   Due to the constraints of time, work, and life she has less than two thousand competitive miles at the longer distances and just under a thousand at Limited Distance.  She enjoys riding her Missouri Foxtrotter even when she’s not working to condition him for competition. While she feels that horses don’t necessarily define her life, they enable her to keep interested and active as well as giving her a place to develop new story ideas.  There’s nothing like a three hour ride in the woods to bring a new plot into focus. Her other interests, besides writing, include working in clay and painting ceramics.  She lives with her husband of forty years on thirteen acres in Southeastern Oklahoma.  Together they watch over three horses, four dogs, three cats and assorted chickens.

Do you have a website where we can keep up with your work?
www.kaseyriley.com
www.kcriley.com

How can we follow you on Twitter and/or Facebook?
Yes, @authorkcriley on Twitter and under Kasey Riley on Facebook.

What’s next?
I have three different plot lines that are waiting my attention; I’m taking some time to promote DESPERATE ENDURANCE and then I’ll face the waiting plots. All are mysteries, one may be a YA specific novel.  I enjoy mysteries and books where the lead character has to face things and move forward from there.