Elena Estes's stubborn risk-taking has cost her dearly: her job, herconfidence, her career in the Miami PD and, most importantly, the life ofa fellow cop. Now in retreat in Florida with only the soothing presence ofhorses for company, Elena begins to find some peace. But then a visitorcomes calling. Twelve-year-old Molly Seabright believes something terriblehas happened to her older stepsister. Erin, eighteen and trouble, is agroom at the Wellington show grounds but hasn't been seen for severaldays. Elena isn't interested in the case but Molly convinces her to makeone trip to the show grounds. Elena finds herself in a world populated bythe ultra-rich and the ultra-ruthless. She must find out what's happenedto Erin before it's too late to save the girl - and herself.