Romantic Suspense Stories

Toni Leland has a collection of romantic suspense stories for you to choose from. Better yet enjoy them all.

Rescue Me

Seattle socialite Julia Dorsey has it all -- prestige, money, magnificent Morgan horses, and a powerful, brilliant husband. But Julia's life is a nightmare of abuse and terror, and only an act of courage can save her. Will the price be too high? When mysterious Heck Dillon enters her life, Julia's fears return. Who is he? Can she trust him? As Dillon offers her quiet strength and protection, Julia begins to believe in hope for a new future. But the old one still haunts her and, before she can move forward, she must face her past. Rescue Me touches two serious subjects: horse rescue and domestic violence.

Hearts Over Fences

Romance is the last thing on equestrienne Bethany Webb’s mind as she gazes across the lush green fields of Highover Gate–her prestigious Olympic training facility, the dream of a lifetime. In one wet, terrifying instant, Beth’s life is snatched right out from under her.

Ambitious and handsome, Brett Hall’s only goal is to unseat the National Champion in Three-Day Eventing. As Hall steadily gains on his opponent, he discovers a chink in his armor that allows his heart to peek out–a weakness that seriously undermines his focus.

Hearts Over Fences glows against the backdrop of Olympic-level eventing–a world filled with drama and excitement, and a large measure of ambition.

Horses and land hunger brew into a rip-roaring tale of depravity, deceit, and family tragedy, in local author Toni Leland’s new release, Deadly Heritage. Somebody is stalking Quarter Horse breeder Kellie Sutton, and the one person who can protect her is the man whose heart she broke 15 years ago. Kellie’s historic ranch on the outskirts of Guthrie, Oklahoma comes vividly to life as she fights an unknown enemy with nothing to lose.

Young veterinarian, Liz Barnett, has moved her equine practice from Kentucky to rural California, excited by the chance to partner with an established clinic, as well as show her beautiful Arabian horses. She soon finds that she's living in an area by-passed by time and progress, as she butts heads with stubborn old ranchers who want nothing to do with a young female vet.

Hunky horse trainer, Kurt DeVallio, has spent the past ten years struggling with a tragic past and a horse-drugging frame-up that destroyed his professional career. His tunnel vision for finding a way to clear his name, and be "his own man" again, has thrown him into the midst of greedy folks who'll try to win at any cost.

When circumstances force these two together in the risky world of showing high-ticket Arabian Horses, they learn that winning has many meanings.

To life-long friends, Jessica Rayder and Faith Angelo, Easton Ridge Equestrian Center is more than a successful business-it's a dream-come-true.

When a series of tough breaks threaten disaster, Faith's tragic past surfaces and the friendship falters as they struggle to keep the wolf from the barn door.

Without knowing it, Jess lets him in, and is faced with the fight of her life.