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I loved the detail about animal rescues. I felt like Harper and Aidan would never get together but I was so happy when they did. Their chemistry was on fire!!

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Finally we get Harper’s story, and with all the rescued, crazy animals, and an Irishman in the mix how could I not love it. This is an easy, very enjoyable read much like the other books in this series. I completely recommend this book and this series! #AllRoadsLeadToYou

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This book is the second in the series and I couldn’t wait to dive right in. The author makes the characters come alive in the book. I loved the animal rescue angle as well as the dynamic between the two main characters - Harper and Aidan. This is a great read and I might have been reading it at work instead of working. Loved it!

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Well written, a bit sappy at times, but overall an excellent book. I enjoyed the plot and the characters and definitely recommend

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Harper Bishop is the youngest of three siblings, she is the loner and runs a small rescue center for abused and neglected animals on the family property next to the family's B&B run by her sister Ophelia, who we met in A Brand New Ending. Ethan story started the series, with The Start of Something Good, when he returned from war with visible and invisible scars from serving our country he assists Harper with the care of the animals and guided trail horse tours for the B&B.
Aidan O’Connor, horse trainer lad from Ireland who is staying at the B&B (Inn) for two weeks while trying to figure out what he wants to do next with his life that was until the Universe spoke and he met thoroughbred, Phoenix.
This by far was my favorite story maybe because of all the animals HeiHei, (Polish Chicken) Flower, Maximus (horses) Captain Hoof (goat) the dogs, cat, bird, and others. Jennifer Probst shines when she talks about her animal rescues in real life and the saying is true, write what you know and it will always be the best story, the same goes for this one, it's one of her best stories to date. Now I must go watch Moana!

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All Roads Lead To You is the third book in the Stay series and the story of Harper and Aiden. Harper runs a rescue farm that predominantly houses horses. One horse in particular, Phoenix, seems to be born to run. Enter Aiden, a horse trainer with an eye for winners. Although there is a definite attraction between them, Harper and Aiden agree to keep their relationship on a professional level and work together to help Phoenix become the winner he was destined to become.

While this book is part of a series it also works as a stand alone. Warning! You will want to read the other books in this series and anything else you can find by Jennifer Probst because she's just that good!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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Loved this book, rooted for the characters, laughed and was moved.
It's well written, with a great cast of characters, and an engrossing and entertaining plot.
I look forward to reading other books by this author.
Highly recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC.

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This was a book that you will not be able to put down. Harper and Aidan both have secrets in their pasts and both feel more comfortable with animals than humans. When their paths collide not only do they prove that winning is not everything but also make their dreams come true. Perfectly created characters filled with depth and honesty combined with a storyline where each page just adds to the emotional journey, and also add a goat in a chicken suit are all significant parts that make this book deserve more than 5 stars. Jennifer Probst never disappoints.

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I'm in flux between a 4 and a 5 and so wish these review sites offered 1/2 stars. I love the author and genuinely buy all of her books. All Roads Lead To You is the 3rd book in the Stay series and it is Harper's story, she is the youngest of the Bishop siblings. I loved moody, brooding Harper from the previous 2 books and she continues that persona, but this book delves into where her standoffish personality comes from.

Harper does not trust easily and maintains a small inner circle (her siblings and their mates) along with her farm animals. It is easier for her to relate to the abused animals than it is to people. Enter Irish, horse trainer Aidan O’Connor trying to break into the American horse-training world after success and then disillusionment in his homeland. Harper and Aidan strike a business arrangement to train her abused racing horse, Phoenix, but it is clear there are sparks between Harper & Aidan from the beginning.

Add in Hei-Hei, the Polish chicken, who makes an appearance in all 3 books and usually steals the spotlight, along with an abused rescue kid (baby goat), Captain Hoof, who must dress in a chicken costume to overcome his fear and you have a complete menagerie of animals and people with all sorts of emotional barriers to break down.

Aidan and Harper get their HEA, but only after learning to trust in each other. The rescued animals all get their forever homes, a reformed juvenile delinquent (Owen) gets his shot at Chloe (from one of the previous Stay series books), and Ethan and Mia have their wedding. SWOON, a Probst book will always leave you feeling wonderful about love and the possibilities for the future.

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The third Bishop has met her match! Phoenix has brought together two people not looking for anyone. Alot of trials tribulations help to shspe both Harper and Aiden before they met as well as the menagerie of animals in their lives. With a horse, like Phoenix, trust is a huge foundation in any relationship he has because of the abuse he endured. That same importance is needed with both Harper and Aiden and Phoenix is the way they fond it for each other. Hei Hei is a freaking riot as well as the amazing transformation of Captain Hoof. Who would think that would be where I cried?! I know the Stay trilogy is over, unless Chloe gets her own book or novella, but I'm not ready to be done with the Inn or the farm. Jennifer Probst has a way of making the reader apart of the Sunday dinners and I'm ready for another meal with my fictional family.

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This is my favorite in the series. I laughed and cried. This was a beautiful romance that also gave updates on past characters. I also loved the rescue goat in the story.

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Absolutely devoured this book. I could not put it down. Love the strong independent characters. They are passionate about their causes and put them above anything else. captain Hoof. Thank you Jennifer for the privilege of this advanced reader copy.

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Loved this book. I did not know going into it, that All Roads Lead To You is the third book in a series. However, this book can completely stand on it’s own. I loved it so much, I will be going back and reading the first two. Highly recommend.

Thank you to NetGalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

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Beautiful story! This is the third book in this series but absolutely can be read as a stand-alone. I have not read the previous books but will definitely be putting them on my TBR list! Harper and Aiden are two wounded souls who meet at Harpers family’s bed & breakfast/farm. Harper rescues animals and has rescued a thoroughbred horse, Phoenix. Aiden is a horse trainer from Ireland seeking redemption. This is a beautiful love story through & through. The animals in this story are too cute & tug at your heartstrings. 5 Stars ⭐️

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I love Jennifer. I could never tire of her books. The families, the landscape, the animals!

The Stay series has fast become of of my favourites. The Bishop family and the Inn/Farm, within the Hudson Valley, is still the one place I want to visit in America.

Harper is different to her siblings. She doesn't want attention, she doesn't want what they have ..Love. Just give her a stray or an abused animal and Harper is in her element. Till Aiden arrives. Her life is turned upside down by this Irish nomadic, who is trying to find himself. Had the road led him to Harper?

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4 Understanding Who You Are Stars
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There was a time in my life when my family was involved with horses. We were friends with a thoroughbred owner and then we also became addicted to owning and showing quarter horses for a time. There is a special type of feeling which comes over you when you personally connect with them. I was fortunate to have had that experience in my life.

Jennifer Probst has created an amazing story which touches on all of those feelings and more. Her research is on par with the realities of the sport. She has taken all of the undercurrents of horse racing and paired it with characters who are true believers as well as veterans savvy in how things should be done. She also added the bonus of rescue animals as the hub of all this animal love. This is definitely a book for those who do appreciate being immersed in farms, horses and even a wacky chicken and goat.

Harper Bishop knows who she is...She learned that lesson a very long time ago during her school years. The pain and scars she had to handle and overcome have molded her ideas about almost everything. She learned from her mother's love of animals and her own experiences to be more comfortable with them than people. Animals loved you completely with no agenda...People not so much. Now as an adult she ran the rescue portion of the family's farm. Her older sister ran the B&B and her brother, back from Afganistan, handle the horse business with some training and sales.

Harper loved her siblings but never really felt as if she belonged...she knew they loved her and because she was more comfortable in the barn, they gave her the space she needed. Harper had acquired a strong reputation in the animal rescue community and when she stepped up and took on an impossible thoroughbred she knew she would have her hands full. No one else was willing to put in the time or have the ability to break through and get the horse to trust. He had been whipped, pushed too hard and with cruelty. Harper worked long and hard and eventually, Phoenix named after the legendary bird, started to allow her to ride and see the speed she had.

Harper knew there was a champion inside Phoenix and needed to figure out how to find a trainer who would groom him for the Triple Crown...Harper had a feeling something was coming...

Aidan O’Connor was at the end of his rope. He had hoped by coming to the States he would have a positive fresh start. He left Ireland with a heavy heart knowing he was in the right but being right didn't change the pain, hurt and feelings of betrayal. Being an award-winning Irish Derby trainer, he should have had more success in finding a horse to train. But Aidan also only wanted to train a horse he felt a bond with. Every time he had a special gut feeling about a horse, he knew amazing things would happen.

Now he is in upstate New York at a little B&B trying to regroup and figure out his life. As he wakes around the grounds of the farm the B&B is on, Aidan investigates all of the barns and checks out the horses. He finds another small barn and sees a beauty all alone in a stall. He walks up to the thoroughbred and a stare down begins. As Aidan takes in this horse and looks into his eyes, he sees the fire, the will, and the strength.

Aidan feels this moment and as he wants to investigate more, he is interrupted by Harper by her telling him to step away from Phoenix. Harper is pissed as no one should be around this horse. He is too volatile. Aidan listens to Harper but still stays by the horse. These two held their ground bantering back and forth about what intentions are and how Harper finally dismisses him.

Aidan is smitten with the horse and intrigued with Harper. He figures out a way to get Harper to take him for his scheduled ride. There is a spark there but both are not willing to acknowledge anything. Neither are looking for any complications. As they ride, Harper learns more about Aidan, his horse training and his ideas about Phoenix. Once he sees Phoenix go full out, it is confirmed...Harper definitely has a champion on her hands. Now a plan needs to be put together.

Part of the plan, though, cannot include these two enjoying the chemistry they both have. They acknowledge this is an issue but they will not let it get out of hand.

Right...

This is a stunning story about two people who have deep scars and pain. They have learned who they are and have learned to handle the loneliness. By being around Harper's family, Aidan experiences for the first time what a close loving family is. He also respects Harper so much as she is direct, clear in her visions and has no pretense. She is also sexy as hell and doesn't even know it. Harper had decided what her life was to be. She never thought she would have a man who would support her and accept her life consumed with animals.

The growth between them is serious and it takes each a while to see the writing on the wall...They are meant for each other.

As I said, this is a story of details: Details of what life is like on a rescue farm, what it like to train and go the distance in horse racings hardest journey, the Triple Crown, and how through it all two people can learn to open their hearts to the one who understands them the best.

This is part of the Stay series and it works extremely well.

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Thank you to NetGalley and Montlake Romance for a copy of this book in exchange for a review. I have loved Jennifer Probst books for years starting back to when I read The Marriage Bargain. This book was no exception. I loved it! This was the third book in the Stay series! The series follows the lives of three siblings with each book focusing on a different sibling. This book was about Hannah, who I have loved in the other books but you also got to check in with Ethan and Ophelia from the previous two books. Hannah is an animal lover who rescues all sorts of different animals! The animals are also the stars of the book including Captain Hoof (a rescued goat), Hei Hei (a crazy chicken, who I loved) and Phoenix (a rescued horse). The story goes on to show how Aiden a horse trainer and Hannah help Phoenix to become a racer! I loved the animals, Aiden and Hannah and read the book in less then 12 hours including sleep! One of my favorite romance books of late! I would recommend the book and the whole series if you haven't read them yet!

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I really love this authors writing. But this series has not been my favorite. This is book 3 in the series and easily stands alone. I was really looking forward to sister Harpers story but I kinda found her on the boring side romantically. She is paired with Irishman, Aiden who comes to stay at her sisters inn but who is bored and ends up helping her out.

Harper has a race horse at her animal rescue and she wants to race him but she doesn't know how. Aiden offers his expertise and thats pretty much the plot. Aiden's been betrayed and is the USA to try and find a new horse to train and he finds the perfect horse with Harper.

This was an interesting story on the race horsing side and learn what happened to Aiden but Harper just did not light up the pages. She seemed very bland and many times I almost quit reading because she was not that interesting.

I did enjoy the book because Aiden was a lot of fun and I loved seeing Harpers siblings get their happily ever after.

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All Roads Lead to You is a wonderful story of new beginnings and trust. Returning to the Bishop siblings’ animal rescue farm and B & B the third book in the author’s Stay series focuses on rescue specialist Harper and her desire to rehabilitate and race a special horse, Phoenix. Fate brought Irish horse trainer, Aiden to the B & B and together they try to make Harper’s dream a reality... and not give in to their growing attraction. Harper and Aiden both have secrets they are reluctant to share, and Aiden fears if Harper ever learns the real reason he is in the States it will be a game changer. Ms. Probst creates engaging and unique characters that draw the reader into the story. Fans will enjoy learning about Hei Hei’s newest adventures and laugh at Captain Hoof’s chicken suit security blanket. New readers will certainly appreciate the imaginative ways in which the author gives personality to the animals inhabiting the book’s pages, and she is most adept at heating up whatever device the reader is using...(Do you really think there won’t be a little hanky panky as long standing walls are breached and tightly held secrets revealed?) This is another winner for Jennifer Probst; full of action, overcoming tough situations, and the bond of family. I loved every minute spent reading. I voluntarily reviewed an advance copy of this book. Most highly recommend.

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4.7 stars

I am not sure what I loved most about this story, the characters, the horses, or the rescue animals. I am not even joking which would come as a surprise to many people that know me because as much as I am fascinated by horses they scare the living bejesus out of me. I figured going into this story that it would be the romance itself that would win me over and that is partially true, but it was the love and connection woven through every facet of this story that won me over. I wasn't prepared for that.

The author did an amazing job putting in the details, especially horse and horse racing details, that even a newbie like myself could understand. I got excited to watch Phoenix and Elmo in the race for a win. If this is what horse racing is like then I can definitely tell that I need to start watching the Kentucky Derby. In addition to making me fall in love with horses, I, also, apparently need to start a rescue farm because my life needs A Captain and Hei Hei in it.

Harper and Aidan were also a perfect match for one another. Theirs was an instant connection but with a slow burn. I was just as invested in watching them grow with each other as I was in watching all the animals come into their own. The author knew what she was doing with these two because when the time finally came together for these characters it was explosive.

Fantastic secondary characters, laugh out loud moments, and moments that make a person believe that there is still good in the world made this a fantastic read. It also didn't hurt that it reminded me damaged souls and scars don't define a person and that was a much-needed reminder.

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