Kelly Clayton was a top model dating a hot Hollywood star when the unthinkable happened: A deadly car accident killed her boyfriend and scarred her for life. Trying to escape reality for a while, Kelly heads to an Arizona dude ranch--where she promptly meets a fascinating, handsome cowboy, and an eclectic array of guests. There her intended escape results in the real world being dragged back in with the arrival of former suitor and friend of her late boyfriend, who soon begins to woo her again. When a bullet graze sends her horse plunging down the mountainside in a dangerous scramble for survival, and her manager, showing up unexpectedly, is found dead in a horse stall, Kelly realizes there is no escape from reality, and that her world is far more complex--and dangerous--than she could have imagined.