When Ivy Snow, former Olympic Eventing hopeful, moves to the charming town of Wellington to publish Equestrian Style magazine she never dreams that her family’s idyllic lives will be threatened by a prolific arsonist and a long-festering plot for revenge soon to be executed. Ivy, a forty nine-year-old horsewoman and mother of fraternal twins, finds herself in the midst of a midlife crisis like none other. After being stripped of her Olympic dreams by a near-fatal riding accident, Ivy discovers that her criminal lawyer husband is leading a double life. She seeks refuge in a small country town, only to find herself in the throes of blackmail, arson, terrorism, and murder. From the shores of Cote d’Ivoire, to the riverbanks of Paris, to the cloistered environs of waspish American wealth, Ivy must unravel the mystery surrounding a steel tycoon’s death and a friend’s suicide while trying to protect her psychic teenage daughter, who knows too much for her own good.