Show Pen Promise Earns Carly Kade 3rd EQUUS Film & Arts Festival Literary Award

Show Pen Promise Earns Carly Kade 3rd EQUUS Film & Arts Festival Literary Award

Third Installment of the In the Reins Series Wins Best Western Romance at Annual Event

PHOENIX: The EQUUS Film & Arts Festival awarded Carly Kade with the 2019 Best Western Romance Literary Award for her novel, Show Pen Promise. The award was presented at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky during the 7th annual event.

The EQUUS Film & Arts Festival is the leading showcase for domestic and international equestrian content including feature films, shorts, documentaries, art and literature.

Carly received her first EQUUS Film & Arts Festival Literary Award in 2016 for Best Western Fiction with In the Reins and was the 2018 Best Equine Romance Literary Award recipient for her novel, Cowboy Away.

"The EQUUS Film & Arts Festival brings the storytellers of the horse world together," said Carly Kade, author of the In the Reins series. "I am honored that Show Pen Promise, the third novel in my series for horse lovers, has earned the 2019 Literary Award for Best Western Romance."

In Show Pen Promise, readers begin where Cowboy Away left off, reconnect with some surprise horse characters, and learn what the future holds for cowgirl Devon Brooke and horse trainer McKennon Kelly. Passionate, captivating, and full of equine epiphanies, the In the Reins equestrian romance trilogy is sure to touch a reader's inner cowgirl.

Praise for Show Pen Promise:

  • "Carly Kade has built a beautiful life at Green Briar in her In the Reins series with characters the horse world has come to love." - Laurie Berglie, Author of Where the Bluegrass Grows and Kicking On
  • "The third installment in this series brings us a quieter, reflective look at the world of horsemanship through the eyes of our favorite characters, Devon and McKennon. The story paints a vivid and accurate portrayal of the responsibilities of caring for an injured horse, training a young horse from the ground up, and the challenges of preparing for competition. A very satisfying addition to a lovely series." - Amy Elizabeth, Author of the Aspen Eyes Series

Carly Kade's novels are available now in audiobook, paperback and ebook on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Google Books and Kobo.