How (not) to Grieve

In this prequel to Chivalry, learn about Rachel's mother, Julia, and follow her rise to the head trainer position for Hanover Farms. Also experience Julia's point of view of Rachel's kidnapping, as "How (not) to Grieve" overlaps "Chivalry." Julia McMahon is a twenty-two year old widow with two young children. After watching her husband die in a horse racing accident in 1951, she finds the strength to go back to work to support her family – without a man. Follow her rise to head trainer from groom, destroying the glass ceiling, and succeeding despite being a woman in the sport of kings in the 1950s and ‘60s. Paul Holden is a racehorse trainer at Belmont Park in Elmont, NY who lost his wife in an automobile accident in 1952. Completely distraught, he falls into deep depression and struggles to escape. Over the years, Julia and Paul work at the same track, but avoid each other because they are living in the past, stuck, unwilling to move on and find another love. For an incredible sixteen years, they don't speak a word to each other. Finally, they find common ground in their inability to let go of their dead spouses. However, which will they choose – the past or present? "This is my favorite book in the series! I laughed and cried with these characters." - Beta reader

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