Seeing her father's casket being laid into the ground brought an ache to Kelly Smith's heart that was intensified by the fact that she felt cheated -- she had only known Charlie Bailey, horse trainer extraordinaire, for five years. And now, he was dead -- killed while purportedly trying to steal a valuable colt. Kelly knew her father would never do such a thing, and she was determined to prove it. By convincing an old friend of her father's to help her get a temporary job at Pinetop Farm, she could investigate incognito. Under her father's tutelage, she was now a master horse trainer in her own right, and since they didn't share the same last name, she could investigate without drawing attention to herself. She hated to deceive her boss, Pinetop's handsome owner, Tanner McCrey, but she had no choice. But falling in love with him would definitely complicate things.