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

Reliving Sexual Harassment in Art

A lot of book descriptions come with trigger warnings these days. Certain events portrayed in fiction can be too much for people who have survived similar traumas. Often the writer has lived the traumas portrayed in the books and is "writing it out" in order to heal and go on. For the writer herself as well as for broadening awareness of social issues of injustice, these books are important. In FALSE GODS there are two incidents of sexual assault/harassment against the teenaged main character. In my life as a very young teen, I experienced two such incidents and I suppose that is why the theme turns up in my books. Bravo Fierce Writers who take on exposing these issues.

Book Excerpt

False Gods: The Show Jumper's Challenge

The drummer’s arms wrapped around her. He gently pulled her closer as her face grazed his leather jacket. He was sympathetic. He was trying to be nice. And, he was honest, unlike Kevyn. He stroked the back of her head, cupping it in his hand. She looked up to tell him she was okay now. Up close, she saw he was much older. Fine lines spread from the outer edges of his eyes and he hadn’t shaved. He tilted his head, paused, then pressed his lips against hers. She shifted back, but was trapped. Her arms hung at her side. His hands slid down her back. Too low. She swiveled and leaned away, but his arms drew her in tighter, boxed in, trapped. Like being pinned under the covers again. When he leaned in, she turned her head aside. She smelled beer as he pushed his lips onto hers.

Her hands flew up between them, against his chest, and shoved him away. She heard screaming. She was screaming. Her throat burned, but she couldn’t stop. He moved a few steps away, a look of confusion on his face.

“What the hell? I thought—”

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L R Trovillion

False Gods: The Show Jumper's Challenge

Synopsis

Author Biography

Author Insight

Reliving Sexual Harassment in Art

Book Excerpt

False Gods: The Show Jumper's Challenge

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