Danger and desire swirl about modern cowgirl-sleuth Pepper Kane as she uses her ex-reporter skills to solve mysteries she suspects are related. A runaway daughter. A rider shoved off a cliff at Oregon's Table Rock. Death threats to her, her horse trainer, and judges at a show in Texas where Pepper and her Brassbottom Barn buddies will vie for world titles, and prize money that can save Pepper's struggling tack store, The Best Little Horsehouse, in Oregon. Time is running out. Dangers escalate. The law questions Pepper's involvement in the crimes. Even her unconventional affair and crime-solving alliance with Lakota tribal cop Sonny Chief is in jeopardy. Arriving in Fort Worth, ready for the show of her life, Pepper stumbles on a body. She rushes to learn who's behind the murder and how it connects to the other crimes. Along the way, she battles doubt, betrayal, and heart-pounding action that can change her life—or end it.