Back on her family's Australian ranch, a woman in mourning discovers a second chance at life and love in this novel of hope and new beginnings.Claire McIntyre has it all: an adoring husband, a chic town house, and a high-flying corporate career. But when tragedy strikes out of nowhere, Claire's world is thrown into turmoil. Forced to reevaluate everything that matters to her, she soon finds herself back at the very place she's been running from her whole life-the family property, where reputations are hard won and easily lost, and where fortune is as fickle as the weather.Here, in the rugged beauty of the Australian Adelaide Hills, Claire starts to rebuild her life with her friends, her father and his beloved racehorses-including a promising young horse called Paycheque. But just as she begins to find happiness, and perhaps even love, fate comes to call. Now Claire must decide whether to do the sensible thing, or risk it all on her newfound passion.

Back on her family's Australian ranch, a woman in mourning discovers a second chance at life and love in this novel of hope and new beginnings.Claire McIntyre has it all: an adoring husband, a chic town house, and a high-flying corporate career. But when tragedy strikes out of nowhere, Claire's world is thrown into turmoil. Forced to reevaluate everything that matters to her, she soon finds herself back at the very place she's been running from her whole life-the family property, where reputations are hard won and easily lost, and where fortune is as fickle as the weather.Here, in the rugged beauty of the Australian Adelaide Hills, Claire starts to rebuild her life with her friends, her father and his beloved racehorses-including a promising young horse called Paycheque. But just as she begins to find happiness, and perhaps even love, fate comes to call. Now Claire must decide whether to do the sensible thing, or risk it all on her newfound passion.