Horse Gods: The Dressage Rider’s Betrayal

Teens

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Synopsis

A half-wild horse, a Celtic legend, and a teen trying to escape… Regina Hamilton has three months to prove to the courts she can earn a living on her own and avoid going home to her abusive mother—a tall order for a teen with only her riding skills to rely on. Desperate to prove herself, Regina lands a job at an exclusive dressage barn. But when workers start to mysteriously disappear, she becomes ensnared in a web of lies and deceit. With time running out and unsure who to trust, Regina turns to an unlikely trio: an unusual boy who trains hawks, a reclusive professor of Celtic history, and a half-wild red mare. Together they form a bond that will be tested when a long-held secret exposes a much greater threat—and Regina’s the target. To save her horses and her life Regina may have to trust her enemies and betray her friends.

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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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Symbolic Descent into Darkness

All the action in the story takes place over the course of three months from roughly October through December. During that time, the main character, Regina, becomes more embroiled in the troubles surrounding her. She alienates friends, becomes secretive, lies to people, and like the advancing months, descends into darkness. Light and dark is a common theme in literature because it so aptly symbolises good and evil. In Regina's case, though she is not evil, it threatens to close around her and drag her into its web. As the days progress toward winter, she becomes more confused and desperate. In her darkest hour, however, she sees a light that gives her courage and leads her out. The novel ends on Christmas day which Christians celebrate as the day the Light of the World was born--the ultimate symbol of light to defeat all darkness.

Book Excerpt

Horse Gods: The Dressage Rider’s Betrayal

Twenty horses brought inside, blankets changed. I slip my pocketknife under the twine of the hay bales, breaking open more to give extra hay tonight. My feet are two blocks of frozen ice. I can’t feel anything. My pants, wet and muddy from the knees down, sag at my waist and slap against my calves when I walk. The sky is dirty gray and hangs down so low it’s like being under a dark tent. A few flakes swirl through the air, but nothing big yet.

The regular workers have gone home to beat the storm.

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L R Trovillion

Horse Gods: The Dressage Rider’s Betrayal

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Author Biography

Author Insight

Symbolic Descent into Darkness

Book Excerpt

Horse Gods: The Dressage Rider’s Betrayal

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