Rolling Thunder (RIDE HARD #1) by Ari Lacey EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Ari Lacey
- Language: English
- Genre: contemporary romance
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Rocket stomped a hoof restlessly and shied sideways, rolling whiterimmed eyes. Kayla struggled to wrangle the unpredictable horse as
the South Florida sun climbed higher in the sky. The intensifying
heat on Kayla’s shoulders reminded her it would soon be too hot to do
anything. Her life in a nutshell: dangerous and running out of time.
Kayla had spent her life working and training horses under the tutelage
of her Gram Kay. Rocket was the first horse she had scored as a training
client on her own.
Rocket’s owner was a teenaged barrel racer who had
been thrown in the last rodeo, breaking her arm. The girl’s parents had
dropped Rocket off with Kayla for training while their daughter healed to
hopefully fix the horse’s dangerous bolting problem. Kayla knew how to
deal with horses like Rocket. The right way, the safer way, took longer and
started in the round pen, but that had fallen into disrepair. The faster but
more dangerous way was to ride it out of her, let her buck and kick and
hang on for dear life until Rocket exhausted herself. It was a risky shortcut,
but Kayla’s options were limited. She was pretty good at sitting a wild
horse. It basically amounted to rodeo bronc riding, except she was alone
with no help. What could go wrong?
Kayla lifted her boot to the stirrup. Rocket pranced on legs like coiled
springs, blowing her nostrils and flipping her mane. Her grandmother’s life
partner, Canyon Bill, would have said she was “just looking for something
to booger at.” With two practiced hops on her extended leg, Kayla swung
up onto Rocket’s back and let her out at a walk.
Rocket swished her tail and flared her nostrils. Kayla deliberately took a
deep breath and blew it out gently, trying to calm the horse by example. She
sank lower into the stirrups and seat, prepared for what was to come. “Easy
now,” Kayla murmured.
The growl of a motorcycle sounded a warning in the distance at the far
end of her road. The bike was approaching fast and loud. Within moments,
it would pass right by them. A rush of adrenaline flooded Kayla’s veins, and
she grabbed the saddle horn in preparation. Just as the motorcycle blew by,
it let out a deafening bark as the rider shifted gears. That was all the excuse
Rocket needed. The mare squealed as all thousand pounds of her exploded
beneath Kayla.
Determined, Kayla sat deeper and fought to keep Rocket’s head up to
stop her from bucking. Rocket wrestled with the bit, trying to bolt, but
Kayla steered her into the corner of the arena where the wooden fence was
tall and stout. Undeterred, the wild little mare charged forward at top speed
until she ran out of room, then skidded to a violent stop.
Kayla experienced the terrible feeling of zero gravity as the horse’s
front hooves left the ground. Rocket reared straight up.
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