Horseplay
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HORSEPLAY
by Mary Karlik is a sweet, playful, wholly emotional companion to
Mary’s popular Hickville High series. Penny Wilson is trying to
make a name for herself the only way she knows how—riding horses
and winning. Problem is she can’t seem to keep her mind on her
goal, not with too cute, strangely comforting Ty Jackson around.
Hired to help out on her family’s horse farm, Ty is a distraction
she can’t afford. Can Penny find the focus she needs to win? Will
she discover that there’s more to life than competitions and the
“in crowd”?
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Title:
Horseplay: A Hickville High Companion
Author:
Mary Karlik
Series:
Hickville High #4
Genre:
YA Contemporary Romance
Release
Date: March 1st,
2016
Publisher:
Indie Published
Print
Length: 255 pages
Format:
Paperback and Digital
Print
ISBN: 978-0-9961556-5-6
Digital
ISBN: 978-0-9961556-4-9
Synopsis:
Three weeks
after her boyfriend of eighteen months dumps her, high school senior
and queen bee, Penny Wilson, declares she is over said boyfriend and
is ready to move on. But life without her ex is more difficult than
repeating a few affirmations. She has been pushed to the very edge of
the “popular kids” social ladder. To make matters worse, her dad
announces he’s hired boot-clad, Wrangler wearing, calf-roper Ty
Jackson to work on their English horse farm. Curly blonde hair and
six pack abs aside, he was a rodeo team bottom-runger and no way was
she going to let him in her social circle.
And as if
having cowboy Ty around is not bad enough, he garners her father’s
attention on the first day. Something she has been unable to do since
she lost her mother to cancer two years ago.
The
“Annie,” a charity horse show named after her mom, is weeks away.
Although this show does not count for end of year points, it is the
most important show to Penny and one she’s bombed in the stadium
jumping portion every year. Ty convinces her he can teach her to
connect deeper with her horse and settle her nerves in the show
arena. As they work together Penny discovers that while she’s
riding better being around Ty does nothing to settle her nerves. Will
she discover that there more important things than being in the
popular crowd? Will she rekindle a relationship with her dad?
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Excerpt
#1:
“Dad
hired a farm hand to help out with the chores. You’ll never guess
who.” The words had barely tumbled from my lips when my view was
filled with Wrangler jeans and an oversized belt buckle.
Ty
Jackson.
Flashing
an aw-shucks grin, said farm hand straddled the bench across from me.
“Hey, my dad said you needed a ride home.”
“Uh—yeah.”
I wanted to get this little meeting over as quickly as possible. We
were the Smart Populars and a vast chasm separated us from the
Wranglers—members of the rodeo team. “My dad thought that since
you’re going to be working for us, we could ride together.”
“Makes
sense.” He drummed his fingers on the metal seat, apparently
completely unaware that his time at our table was up.
We
all stared at him, but he just kept looking around. One by one we
shifted uncomfortably, the way you do when the sermon is too long in
church or when you’re waiting for the bell to ring and the teacher
is still talking. He didn’t get the hint.
“Is
there something else?” I asked.
“No.
I’ve just always wondered what the view was like sitting at the
beautiful people’s table.”
Determined
to not let this snide remark get to me, I rolled my eyes. “Where do
you want me to meet you, Ty?”
“Back
parking lot.”
“Okay,
I’ll see you then.”
He
stood and shrugged. “Later.”
As
he left our table, Holly stared after him, practically drooling. “Did
you have to rush him away?”
“You
can’t be serious.”
“Have
you ever looked at Ty Jackson?”
I
nodded to her in a duh kind of way.
“No.
I mean since the seventh grade.”
“Why?”
She
pushed her curls behind her ears. “Hello, he’s totally hot! Like
Dierks Bentley hot.”
“So,
he’s got curly blond hair… and I guess his face is nice to look
at…”
“I
bet his abs are ripped. He’s built like a god.”
“Who
wears wrinkled shirts. Besides, Holly, he’s a Wrangler.”
“Yeah,
and don’t they fit his butt nice.”
My
gaze focused on Ty’s backside as he walked away from our table.
“Holly.”
“So
he’s a Wrangler. You have horses, you drive a dually.”
“Hello—cowboy
equals Bubba,” Emily said, waving a hand.
“Maybe,
but I can definitely appreciate him for the fine specimen of one
hundred percent drool-worthiness that he is,” Holly shot back.
“You
can have him,” I said. “I don’t like cowboys, their big
buckles, or their stupid pearl snap shirts. I hate the way they hang
around their trucks after school spitting tobacco onto the parking
lot.”
Holly
sat there all dreamy-eyed, and smiled. “Ty doesn’t dip.”
“What?”
“Ty
doesn’t dip. Look at his pocket—no Skoal ring.”
I
tore a hunk off my grilled-cheese sandwich, popped it in my mouth,
and focused on his rear. Not a bad sight, but I’d never admit it.
About
Mary Karlik:
Following a career as a nursing
instructor, award-winning author, Mary Karlik earned an MFA in
Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania. A
native Texan, Mary loves horses, dogs, cats, country music, and small
town diners. Although she has recently relocated in northern New
Mexico, her heart remains in the Lone Star state.
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Loved this book! Sweet smooth flow, lovable characters as well as the plot of the story. Didn't realize that this is actually a series. Looks like I will be reading the other book as well!
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Loved this book! Sweet smooth flow, lovable characters as well as the plot of the story. Didn't realize that this is actually a series. Looks like I will be reading the other book as well!
*Received for an honest review*
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