With the Halloween ride a success and everyone praising Second Chance and Sand Hill farms at their ability to put on such a great event, Emily and Hanna are feeling pretty good about themselves. They are riding high on the fact that everyone is telling them they did a good job and even Mr. Eastford seems grateful that his daughter was returned to him safe and sound. So grateful that Jordan was able to buy Winter, the gray Thoroughbred that Emily had been longing to rescue from Jess’s barn of torture.

There is only one problem. Every time she tries to ride the horse, he bucks her off. She knows she’s doing nothing wrong but it’s frustrating to keep flying through the air every time you put your foot in the stirrup for no good reason at all. Emily’s father thinks Winter might be cold backed, an incurable problem that can be worked with but will be a lifelong struggle. Emily is out to prove him wrong.

And there are two big shows this month. Important rated shows where Bluebird and Arion must do well. One is close to home but the other is out of the state requiring Emily to leave the rest of her herd behind. And despite her father promising to tell her everything about her sister, he’s now gone back on his word and Emily still can’t bring herself to go into that cemetery and see for herself if her sister is really buried there. But you can’t bury the past forever and eventually the truth will come out. Emily just isn’t sure when.