Below is an excerpt from the updated version of Hannah Strong, which will be available for free download from Smashwords until noon on Saturday November 9th. After that, it will be 99 cents on Smashwords and Amazon. In addition to the updated story, the preview chapter of Miracle at Santa Anita is also included as bonus material.
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Hannah breathed in the multifaceted smell of
leather, hay, and ointment. Everyone had his or her favorite fragrances. Only
two in the world mattered to her: Chanel No. 5 and stables. If there were ever
a candle born with either scent, she would have one in each room of the
apartment.
As Hannah walked down the long corridor, the
residents greeted her with their long faces that ended with velvet muzzles.
Their eyes were kind; something that escaped hardened city people. Life
happened and took prisoners. Horses were not ones to surrender their spirits to
the world. Neither was Hannah.
She stopped in front of a coffee-colored mare
that evoked her beloved Hershey. The chocolate mare was sold to a neighbor,
just days after her mother’s funeral. A tear crept into her left eye. She
blinked it back. Crying was pointless. Her slender fingers stroked the mare’s
sculpted visage. The nameplate on the stall read Callie. She was going to ride Callie today.
