Horse Gods: The Dressage Rider’s Betrayal

Teens

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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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Planning November Novel Writing - NANOWRIMO

I started my present work in progress during a November Novel Writing Month-Nanowrimo. The required 50,000 words were hacked out in the thirty days, but then I spent the next four years finishing the novel and now editing...and editing. I wrote the story by the seat of my pants without a plan and now I am paying for it. I have seriously re-thought my approach and now IF I participate this year, I will go into it with an outline and character studies and a good concept of the story arc before plowing ahead. I never was a planner, but now I see the value of planning. My new writing Bible is Lisa Cron's work: Story Genius. If you participate this year, good luck!

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Horse Gods: The Dressage Rider’s Betrayal

The big guy with a bald, pointy head is the assistant principal. He’s the enforcer. The two other guys with him look like Secret Service in their white shirts, black pants, and ties. Except they’re too flabby to be real Secret Service. They grab the boys but not the girls. They tell us to follow them to the office. We march along the corridor, kids all staring at us. I want to disappear.

The office is the same fishbowl I was in yesterday when Aunt Sophia dropped me off like a dog at the shelter. The two girls—Amy, Miss Headband, and her friend Evelyn—tried to get out of coming, but Bullet Head—Mr. DiGiorno—tells them to stop arguing and fall in. Yup, he says fall in like we’re in the army. Inside the office, Amy steps up and starts again with the “We weren’t doing anything,” but DiGiorno holds up a beefy hand. She shuts up. Thank God.

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L R Trovillion

Horse Gods: The Dressage Rider’s Betrayal

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Author Biography

Author Insight

Planning November Novel Writing - NANOWRIMO

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Horse Gods: The Dressage Rider’s Betrayal

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