Small town seventeen-year-old Vivienne Taylor is a talented equestrian
with Olympic dreams and a little something extra going on -- she is also
an "equine empath," someone who has the ability to read horses' minds
and moods. When she receives a full scholarship to attend Fairmont
Riding Academy, a prep school with a famous riding program, she
struggles with homesickness, hazing by the school's snooty drama queen,
intense competition in the sport of three-day-eventing, and the
not-altogether-unwelcome interest of a hot guy. On top of all of that
the horse given to Vivienne via the scholarship is an animal that she
cannot "read" or understand. When Vivienne learns that her new horse
Harmony belonged to the school's vet, who recently died in a freak
accident, she senses that the horse's aloof behavior may be the result
of her witnessing this accident. But as a connection begins to unfold
between Vivienne and Harmony, Vivienne begins to believe that the vet's
death was no accident at all -- but rather murder -- and she resolves,
at considerable peril, to track down the killer. Michele Scott lives in
California with her family. With her days spent in the barn or at the
keyboard, Ms. Scott has forged a flourishing career as mystery writer
and is also deeply involved in the world of horses and equestrian
riding.