The Silver Heart

Sue grew up in the heartland with a love of horses but also wanting a career in marketing. It was when she received her silver heart necklace from a man she loved that she realized it might be possible to mix her career with true love. When she least expected it Sue was offered her dream job. Will Mike follow her or will she be alone, or will she have the kind of love she had dreamed? Will The Silver Heart bring her love, the forever after kind?

Sue grew up in a small town in Ohio surrounded by farmland and horses, which she took advantage of when she could get the chance to ride. She worked part time for the quarter horse association and she never expected to find love at a fair. Finding a silver heart necklace at the Montana Silversmiths’ booth, in an exhibit hall, was the start of a journey that took Sue on her path to finding true love. The Silver Heart necklace would travel with Sue throughout her life, in the good and bad, in the best of times. She touched it many times in thought and for strength. When she least expected it, the American Quarter Horse Association offered her a job in Texas. They had found her a place to stay on a horse ranch, all the things Sue could never imagine would happen to her. It was her dream job, but she was afraid. Will Mike follow her or will she be alone in Texas, or will she have the kind of love of which she had dreamed? Will The Silver Heart bring her love, the forever after kind?

Samantha Sheridan found her love for the outdoors and horses growing up on a farm. Samantha remembers the stories of being watched over by an older Indian chief in the Colorado onion and sugar beet fields, with her brother. At the age of six, the family moved from Colorado back to her grandparent’s farm in West Central Ohio and at seven years old her father bought her a dapple gray pony. Mack was part of her life until she moved up to riding horses. Samantha rode her friend’s horse, granddaughter of Sea Biscuit, and other horses around the farmland in Ohio with her friend, continuing her love of horses. Through high school and college, Samantha found communications was a talent she excelled at. With a major in communications at Wright State University, Samantha became an on-air radio personality and then moved to editor for one of the local newspapers, where Sheridan found her love of writing. A Silver Heart was created with Samantha’s love of horses and her dream of having a public relations job. At the time Samantha was writing the book she was also a 4-H horse advisor, so several of her 4-H members are used in the book. Pete Oen was just starting out as a horse trainer in the 90’s and is one of the biggest barrel horse trainers in the United States now. Samantha used Pete in her book as one of the trainers and she continues to work with him today with his marketing and promotions. On the cover of The Silver Heart is Sheridan's daughter and her Quarter Horse, Shesa Two Timin Date. "Missy", as she was called by all, lived on their farm until she passed away. Missy did give birth to a foal, Rowdy's Rappin Bar, a black gelding who was loved by the family and started out his career of showing at his mother's side. Still living in rural Ohio Samantha continues her writing and promoting her books. Life experiences are adding to the notebooks for future books. Samantha is working on her next book and it will be something the readers will love.