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North Oak #9
Hard Boot
Switching trainers may cost Alex the Triple Crown.
The trail to the Triple Crown is ablaze once again, and Alex is finally in the stirrups of a candidate. Dreamer’s Song is blindingly fast, but refuses to cooperate with any of his riders. Alex hopes to make a breakthrough with him in time for the Kentucky Derby.
As if that wasn’t a wild enough ride, Venus Nights is blossoming and the Kentucky Oaks looks like a very real option for her.
Alex has been gaining attention from other trainers as a strong rider, after a spectacular windfall at the Breeders’ Cup last fall. But when she doesn't stop to ask permission from her uncle, Steven North, to catch a ride on someone else's horse in a Derby prep race, the results are catastrophic.
Enraged at such a betrayal, North forbids Alex from riding Dreamer’s Song in the Kentucky Derby. Alex knows she can win on Dreamer, and must convince both Joe and North that having had opportunities to ride Dreamer’s main rival may be the very thing that secures a shiny new trophy in North’s hands.
Will her mistake be her saving grace?
On the heels of Joanna Campbell’s beloved Thoroughbred Series, and Walter Farley’s Black Stallion, comes a brand new young adult horse racing series that will sweep you away like a runaway Thoroughbred.
Scroll up and one-click HARD BOOT, the ninth novel in Ann Hunter’s best-selling series NORTH OAK, to jump into Alex’s world today.
The trail to the Triple Crown is ablaze once again, and Alex is finally in the stirrups of a candidate. Dreamer’s Song is blindingly fast, but refuses to cooperate with any of his riders. Alex hopes to make a breakthrough with him in time for the Kentucky Derby.
As if that wasn’t a wild enough ride, Venus Nights is blossoming and the Kentucky Oaks looks like a very real option for her.
Alex has been gaining attention from other trainers as a strong rider, after a spectacular windfall at the Breeders’ Cup last fall. But when she doesn't stop to ask permission from her uncle, Steven North, to catch a ride on someone else's horse in a Derby prep race, the results are catastrophic.
Enraged at such a betrayal, North forbids Alex from riding Dreamer’s Song in the Kentucky Derby. Alex knows she can win on Dreamer, and must convince both Joe and North that having had opportunities to ride Dreamer’s main rival may be the very thing that secures a shiny new trophy in North’s hands.
Will her mistake be her saving grace?
On the heels of Joanna Campbell’s beloved Thoroughbred Series, and Walter Farley’s Black Stallion, comes a brand new young adult horse racing series that will sweep you away like a runaway Thoroughbred.
Scroll up and one-click HARD BOOT, the ninth novel in Ann Hunter’s best-selling series NORTH OAK, to jump into Alex’s world today.
10 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 31, 2022
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Ann Hunter
32 books164 followersMulti-award winning author, Ann Hunter, is the creator of the young adult fantasy series Crowns of the Twelve (including the novels The Subtle Beauty, Moonlight, Fallen, with A Piece of Sky, Ashes, and The Rose In The Briar to follow). She likes cherry soda with chocolate ice cream, is a mom first and a writer second, has a secret identity, and thinks the Twilight movies are cheesier than cheez whiz (which is why they are her guilty pleasure!)
She lives in a cozy Utah home with her two awesome kids and epic husband.
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She lives in a cozy Utah home with her two awesome kids and epic husband.
BE SURE TO CHECK OUT HER HOMEPAGE:
https://www.facebook.com/authorannhunter
AND MAILING LIST:
http://eepurl.com/VZsFn
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October 7, 2023
Another sequence in the North Oak series...very enjoyable.
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