Meet ex-reporter Pepper Kane, a tough yet lively Southern Oregon horsewoman. She must track down the killer of a prize show horse as the killer closes in on her. While busy sleuthing, she tries to save her tack store The Best Little Horsehouse in Oregon, win at a do-or-die California horse show with her buddies from Brassbottom Barn, and reach a decision about her longtime yet elusive lover, Lakota tribal policeman, Sonny Chief.
