Swapping a Seattle newspaper career for one exhibiting horses and selling show fashions and tack in Oregon's Rogue Valley, Pepper Kane enjoys outings with friends and family. But while line-dancing one evening she learns a prize stallion was just killed. A prime suspect, she must ID the killer as he/she closes in on her. Upping the urgency is that she, her horse and her barn buddies must travel to California for a do-or-die event to qualify for the World Open Western Show in Texas. Pepper also seeks an answer to her heart's question about her elusive lover, Lakota tribal policeman Sonny Chief. Refusing to be intimidated, she uncovers fellow competitors' secrets-one compelling enough to kill for!