Lexi is content with the teenage life she is living. At school she is popular and she has numerous friends. There is only one thing that could seem wrong, and that is her fear and dislike of horses. But she doesn't have any real contact with horses, and that could hardly be considered a problem. It is always far from her mind. But when summer comes, and Lexi's parents decide to go on a long cruise in the Pacific, she ends up at her uncle's horse ranch. There is no way to escape the big animals now. Everything is wrong then. It is hard to get used to her life on the ranch. Her friends and popularity are back in her old city. Her only source of real entertainment is the horses. And she can hardly guess what that might mean for her--and them.