Beautiful Horseflesh

<p><strong>Avarice deceit and fleeing the law are the bedrock of <em>Beautiful Horseflesh</em> a literary fiction set in 1999.</strong> When a Thoroughbred filly arrives at the Smitt family's boarding and water walk farm she is hailed by teen Luis Smitt as a beautiful piece of horseflesh. Black as satin she is speedy and shrouded in calamity. Her handsome trainer Bud insists on strict privacy in preparing the horse for Tampa's upcoming stakes race yet finds time to flirt with both the mother and her sixteen-year-old daughter. As Luis unwraps the layers of the horse's mysteries his family's life is irrevocably shattered. The race's starting bell pulls the Smitt's family forever impacted by deception to its denouement. Readers of dramatic fiction with a nod to young adult readers will enjoy watching racehorses scorch the track.</p>