Carmen Hawthorn, daughter of the British Ambassador, and heiress of the Hawthorn fortune, has a plan. It's rather simple: finish college, move back to the family estate with her horses, and begin practicing at the equine veterinary clinic a few miles away. It's flawless... until Cain Giraud. Threatened by her standing with the farms owners, Cain Giraud, three day eventer, steeplechase exercise rider, and stable hand, find his job hanging on her word. Unwilling to lose it, he sets out o a mission to destroy her, at any cost. Even her life.