False Gods: The Show Jumper's Challenge

Teens

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Synopsis

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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Author Insight

Love Conquers

"But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes." 1 John 2: 11 Hatred of others, fear, ignorance, prejudice, putting oneself before others are all acts of darkness. They make this world a more dangerous, hate-filled, and divisive place. Love conquers all. It is hard to believe at times, but it is true. Who doesn't want to be loved and accepted and included? Instead of pointing out our past failings now we have to start finding ways to mend them. Please pray for justice.

Book Excerpt

False Gods: The Show Jumper's Challenge

Cory threw the clarinet case on the couch and went to the kitchen. “I didn’t go,” she called back, trying to sound casual. She opened a cabinet and stared inside. None of the boxes of cookies or chips appealed to her.

Jessica appeared at the entrance to the kitchen, leaning against the doorway.

“What happened?”

Cory turned her back and opened the refrigerator. Now that the immediate fear was past, she felt embarrassed. Embarrassed about being such a quitter—or rather, not even trying. What was she supposed to say? I dived out of there before I even played a note? I left because I was afraid of the bandleader?

Jessica was trying to be nice, for a change, which made Cory feel even meaner for some reason. “Nothing happened, okay?” She slammed the refrigerator door and brushed past Jessica as the front door opened.

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L R Trovillion

False Gods: The Show Jumper's Challenge

Synopsis

Author Biography

Author Insight

Love Conquers

Book Excerpt

False Gods: The Show Jumper's Challenge

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