Laulea Lio: Academy for the Elite Equestrians ⏛ Located on the Hawaiian island, Maui, Laulea Lio is hosting their quarterly event. Competitors from around the world are picked to represent their country for a career-changing experience: a chance to attend Laulea Lio for the rest of their school years, meet with the best trainers, and compete in a worldwide Grand Prix circuit, and, if they're good enough, qualify for the upcoming Olympics. Leigh Hartford is Chinese-American, fourteen, spontaneous, shy, curious, troublemaking, and has traveled around the world, but she never thought a moment like this could ever happen. A dedicated equestrian for almost twelve years, and saw the opportunity for Laulea Lio on her local grocery store's window, Leigh took this as a sign for her future career in the equine industry. When she unexpectedly is pushed forward into the final rounds for her country's rep, she heads off to Maui, saying goodbye to everything she loves, but taking her prized horse, Wings of Gold, or Icarus, with her. With Laulea Lio's weekly "contests", competition, drama, and relationships start stand in Leigh's way, but she manages to fight through them, sort of. Tears, as well as mostly sweat and some blood, are *not* going to stand in Leigh's way, but when will she realize that enough is enough?

Hunters Grove Riding Academy: the four words that every equestrian in the United States dream of going to. You have a chance to become one of the top riders in the world. When quirky 15-year old Roxanne Matthews rides into the academy, she hopes it was because of her riding, not her daddy's money. Whilst there for only a few hours, she becomes friendly with a new enemy: Scarlett White, and maybe a little too friendly with lovestruck Sebastian Anderson. When she and Scarlett find out about a secret that was sworn to never be told, they have to team up to destroy whatever created it. Through competitions, teamwork, tears, blood, and determination (mostly teamwork and determination, though), Roxanne has to make it through the first year at Hunters Grove, and prove she's worth it all while forgetting about her past and thinking what the future holds for her. *all ideas are mine. if you see anything that sounds somewhat familiar to anyone else's story, please let me know :) enjoy my story! read, follow, vote, comment, and share!*