The Past: A Blackburn Novel (Bluegrass Empires Book 4)

Before ascending the throne of the Blackburn Empire in Kentucky horse country they were just Tommy and Fiona two teenagers from opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Young love bloomed during an Irish summer set amidst the rolling green hills and lush pastures of Tipperary County. Fiona Conlan grew up sheltered by her overbearing parents and vibrating with the need for something more. In the summer of 1978 she found exactly what she needed. Ready to test the boundaries set for her Fiona trained in the exhilarating and dangerous sport of steeplechase and in an even more rebellious move started secretly dating a young and brash American she knew her parents would never approve of. Too much partying and not enough studying during his sophomore year of college had Tommy Blackburn’s parents desperate to get the future heir of the family business to take life a little more seriously. What better way to do that than to send him to Ireland to work at Glenhaven a massive t