False Gods: The Show Jumper's Challenge

Teens

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Cory Iverson's junior year is off to a lousy start. Publicly humiliated by the school's hottest guy and terrorized by a bullying band director, Cory flees sports try-outs and just about everything else she begins, earning a reputation as a loser as well as a quitter. But when her wandering dog leads her to the barn of a former Grand Prix rider, she finds a welcome refuge in the familiar world of horses. It's not too long before she starts dreaming of showing in one of the country's most prestigious shows--a totally unrealistic hope--until she rescues a mysterious horse with some unusual talents. But her road to success is littered with roadblocks as events spin out of control: prescription painkillers appear in her mother's purse; her ballerina sister wastes away before her eyes; her boyfriend is keeping secrets; and her normally opinionated trainer becomes strangely evasive. Worst of all, the horse show world is not what she imagined. It isn't long before Cory's winning spree attracts the attention of a brutal trainer with a string of unexplained horse deaths in her wake. When Cory lands in the crosshairs, she has to decide if she'll once again back down and flee or stand up for herself, her horse, and her dreams.

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Author Biography

Inspired by everyday miracles, L.R. Trovillion weaves magical stories of hurting people who find hope through horses in her Maryland Equestrian Novel series. Although she earned a degree in Russian and spent a career in government service, her real love has been caring for and working with horses. That love shines through in her series, focusing on the healing power of horses in the lives of teens facing complex and sometimes dangerous family situations. Believing there is more to this world than meets the eye, she adds a dash of the supernatural to each story. L. R. Trovillion lives on a small horse farm in Maryland with her husband, daughter, and several animals that really run the place. Her other works have appeared in Baltimore magazine, Chicken Soup for the Soul, and various poetry anthologies.

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What if...I Could Talk With Reviewers?

I've always wanted to thank reviewers for taking the time to write something about what they thought of my book. It has always amazed and humbled me that people I don't know read it, think about it, and sit down to write their thoughts. I always wondered "what if" Amazon would allow us to know how to contact a reviewer and tell them how much their words lifted me up or validated my identity as a writer or challenged me to do better. There are so many times I laugh or want to "just explain" about a review or criticism or observation. Alas, that "what if" is a dream and for any reader to contact me is one-way road. So, readers and reviewers, know that I would LOVE to hear from you!

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False Gods: The Show Jumper's Challenge

October 29

Great, it’s almost 2 in the morning. I have to get up at the butt crack of dawn to be over at the barn and I’m wide awake thanks to Jess. Really not looking forward to tomorrow. Vee has been in a pissy mood all week because she has to go Washington to deliver Prophet. I asked Jack what’s up with her, and he wouldn’t say anything except that she has bad memories of the place. Now Jess is being a super B, too, just because she has to try out for that dance school. What a shame they don’t just take her for her incredible perfection, sight-unseen, like she probably expects. I think she’s doing something to make herself sick. This is the second time I heard her vomit up her guts since she got picked to try out. And I don’t buy her story that it’s nerves. I could look around in the bathroom, in case she’s using something. Mom’s not home yet, either. Great, I’ll be creeping around looking for pills for two headcases now. Oh, and skipped my first class ever today with Kevyn-with-a-Y. But so worth it.

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L R Trovillion

False Gods: The Show Jumper's Challenge

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Author Biography

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What if...I Could Talk With Reviewers?

Book Excerpt

False Gods: The Show Jumper's Challenge

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