**THIS IS THE DRAFT VERSION AND MAY DIFFER DRAMATICALLY FROM THE FINAL COPY** NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK! http://a.co/fyRYYEE ENROLLED IN KINDLE UNLIMITED https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074C8DZ1H Like a fast Thoroughbred, she was born to run.... Alexandra Anderson is on the run from the law. When the thirteen-year-old orphan can run no further, she collapses at the gates of the prestigious racing and breeding farm, North Oak. Horse racing strikes a deep chord in her. She hears a higher calling in the jingle jangle of bit and stirrup and in the thunder of hooves on the turn for home. It tells her she has a place in the world. But when the racing headlines find her on the front of every sports page, she realizes North Oak is no longer a safe haven. Money can't buy love, but it just might secure Alex's future. Will everyone at North Oak still want to offer her a home when they learn of her unspeakable crime? 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. EXCERPT: Joe brushed his hands off. "I get tired of watching other people's horses; tornadoes on toothpicks. No substance to em. Million dollar one hit wonders. Let me tell you the kind of horse I want to train. I want a horse with legs of steel that can run all day and blow by like a summer wind. Give me the colt that can outstay a mile and a quarter, or a filly with a heart bigger than any other colt on any given day, and I'll give you a champion. We're playing the same game here, you and I. It's called put the lightning in the bottle." IF YOU LOVE NORTH OAK, DON'T MISS NEWS ABOUT THE NEXT BOOK! http://eepurl.com/cva1T1

"I want to grow up" Did you say it when you were a kid? I know I did. Have you regretted growing up at some point in your life? Have you wished you could be a careless child once again? I know you have. Everyone has. The more you grow the bigger the challenges, the obstacles, the pain. Life gets serious. You get serious. You forget to smile at the morning sun shining down your face. You are too absorved by your problems to notice the beautiful world surrounding you. And when life gets hard, you wish more than anything to turn back in time and be that small child who did not know anything when he said "I want to grow up"

-¡Ya deja de decir mi nombre completo! Parece que estás hablando en serio sobre algo que no tiene sentido. Yo no puedo controlar el clima o la madre naturaleza. Si vino una tormenta de la nada, no le vas a echar la culpa a una persona. Tal vez creas que me intimidas Apolo, pero no es así. Así que si quieres saber qué fue lo que pasó, conviértete en meteorólogo y si no tienes suerte buscando las respuestas que quieres, te veo en las noticias a la hora del clima. Ahora vete, la puerta de abajo está abierta.- Dije abriendo la puerta. ¿Quién se creía que era? Sin sacar sus ojos que estaban más que nunca en un color naranja de mí, se levantó y se me puso a centímetros de mi cara. - Bien. Si así es como quieres jugar, juguemos. Pero te advierto Thea, no me provoques. Ya voy a saber lo que pasó, de las buenas o de las malas.- Y otra vez sentí esa fuerza que me daba ganas de caer desmayada en sus brazos, pero lo rechacé, como lo había hecho antes.