Horses bring them together and their future looks rosy—it's the present they can't handle.

When equine veterinary student Lena and veteran pilot Blake fall in love, vet school and the past intrude.
Add in a long-distance relationship, and things get just plain hard.
A grueling endurance race tests their horse----and their relationship. Can they make it?

​​​​​​​The Once Upon a Vet School Series

​​​​​​​ Drama and humor abound as Lena pursues her childhood dream of becoming an equine vet—and beyond—in this unique series of six independent story sequences:
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​​​​​​​ ~Junior​​​​​​​ Years~ After Lena hears she needs good grades to become a veterinarian, things start to get tricky. Even her pony doesn’t get out unscathed. (Middle Grade) USA 1972-1976
~High School Days ~ When your high school counsellor says vet school’s too hard for you and your HS sweetheart offers you a dream life of farming, writing, and babies, what do you do? Is vet school really the be-all, end-all? (Young Adult) USA 1976-1979
~College Nights How can you have a life when you need an A in every class for four years to get into vet school... on top of 800 hours vet practice work? Something’s got to give. (Young Adult and up) USA 1980-1984
~Vet School 24/7~ Now they’re in, the pressure for grades is off and vet school social life is upon them... there’s only the tsunami of 200 years of veterinary knowledge to pack into their heads. Can Lena and her friends stay afloat? (Young Adult and up) USA 1984-1988  
​​​​​​​ ~Practice Time~ Finally graduated, prima ballerinas of the university, Lena and her vet school classmates disperse to far-flung practices... and real life. What could possibly go wrong? Late nights on-call, mud, blood, and finally, a light at the end of the tunnel... unfortunately, it’s only the penlight of a dictatorial vet technician in Lena’s eyes after she passed out on the floor. (Women’s Rural Fiction with Romantic Elements) USA & New Zealand 1988-2012 

​​​​​​​AWARDS FOR THE AUTHOR: With Lizzi's first novel, A Long Trail Rolling, she was: Finalist 2013 RWNZ Great Beginnings; Winner 2014 RWNZ Pacific Hearts Award; Winner 2015 RWNZ Koru Award for Best First Novel plus third in Koru Long Novel section; and finalist in the 2015 Best Indie Book Award.
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​​​​​​​AUTHOR BIO: Lizzi grew up riding wild in the Santa Cruz Mountain redwoods, became an equine veterinarian at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, practiced in the California Pony Express and Gold Country before emigrating to New Zealand. When not writing, she's swinging a rapier or shooting a bow in medieval garb, riding, driving a carriage or playing on her farm, singing, or working as an equine veterinarian. She's multiply published and awarded in special interest magazines and veterinary periodicals.
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