A Run At Love by Toni Shiloh

A Run at Love by Toni Shiloh is the second book in the Love in the Spotlight series. If you like horses and horse racing, I think you will enjoy this book. If not, the story around it is still a good one. 

Piper McKinney is a black woman in the horse-racing world--a world with little diversity. Her adoptive parents raised Piper on their thoroughbred farm and she is determined to make her own mark in the horse-racing field. Her best friend and trainer, Tucker Hale, is right there by her side helping her train what she hopes is a winning horse, Dream. Then a shocking scandal involving her parents hits the media and some of the fall-out affects her. Can she overcome the scandal? Is it based on truth or a lie? 

I enjoyed A Run at Love, although I was not much of a horse race fan prior to this book. I liked Piper. I also liked Tucker. I could relate to both of them in certain ways. Mostly, I like how real they seemed to be as well as how real the other characters in the book were. I am not a person of color and I have not adopted one so I can't know what challenges are faced in those situations. It was interesting to hear Piper's perspective on the issue. I also have not been in a bi-racial relationship so I don't know what that is like. I feel like Shiloh does a good job of showing the reader through the story some of the issues that could be faced.

I did think A Run at Love would be a lighter read but there are some big issues in this book. I think the author handled them well. I love the themes of forgiveness and redemption in this book.

I like how both Piper and Tucker were people of faith. I especially liked how Tucker had to learn to trust God and not his own time table as I think that is a struggle many Christians have. I also liked that the reader gets an update on Lamont and Nevaeh. We also get a preview of Chris's story in the next book in the series. That next book can't come fast enough for me. Chris is a wildlife conservationist and nature is my happy place so I am thinking I will connect even more to that book.

I received a copy of this book from the author through the publisher. All opinions within this review are my own.

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