This book is about a man named Jake and his wife Grace. They lived in Nebraska on a farm where they raised animals and crops for food. Grace answered a newspaper advertisement searching for a horse trainer. When Kent, the person placing the ad, contacted Jake and Grace for an interview on becoming a horse trainer for thoroughbreds, Jake was shocked. However, Jake and Grace were offered to spend some time at Kent's ranch in Virginia to determine if this would be the right thinig for them to be involved with. It is a story that will keep you in suspense until the end.