To escape her father's overprotectiveness, twenty-year-old Kenzie Caine spends the summer working at a horse farm rehabilitating Tennessee Walking horses, where a good deed results in a violent end to the summer and the revelation of her attractive assistant's secrets.-- Provided by Publisher.

Vanderbilt University student Kenzie Caine plans to become a veterinarian. Landing a summer job caring for and helping to rehabilitate abused horses at the Bellmeade Estate stables is career-smart, and also means she doesn't have to be is at home with her parents. Since her younger sister's tragic death the family has begun to unravel. A serious heart condition limitsKenzie's ability to complete the more physical aspects of the job, so her employers task Austin Boyd with helping her. But Austin has secrets that threaten to harm their relationship. -- adapted from jacket