Lingering Dreams

<p><em><strong>You won't know if you don't try.</strong></em></p><p> </p><p>Shy quiet Kirsten Nicholson's life on the sprawling family ranch in Oklahoma has been one of serene predictability. In fact her rancher father Carter detests change. But changes galore explode when seventeen-year-old Enrique Delaire arrives on the scene. Wearing his Bronc Busting's a Kicker ballcap his Nikes and his surfer shirt Enrique is ready to ride.</p><p> </p><p>And ride he does not only into the hearts of this family but into the hearts of this entire rural community.</p><p> </p><p>Enrique is the foster son of Kirsten's aunt and uncle from Albuquerque. They sent Enrique to help out on the ranch while Kirsten's fiancé Dan is away at farrier school in Colorado.</p><p> </p><p>Kirsten has always been content to stay on the sidelines watching life go by quietly writing her songs and playing her guitar alone in her room. Now all she hears is Enrique Delaire saying: <em>You won't know if you don't try.</em></p><p> </p><p>In the wake of Enrique's encouragement she finds herself stepping into the limelight in ways she never dreamed.</p><p> </p><p>Suddenly doors open to Kirsten and difficult decisions must be made. Will she make the right decisions? Or slip back into her old life of sameness?</p>