False Gods

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, she flees sports try-outs and just about everything 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 refuge in the familiar world of horses. It’s not long before she’s dreaming of showing in one of the country’s most prestigious shows—a totally unrealistic hope—until a rescued horse with a mysterious past appears. The road to success, however, is littered with roadblocks as her life spins 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 full of dangers. 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.