Lisa Preston

Rainy Dale is The Clincher, a 20-something high school-dropout turned farrier (horseshoer) who is haunted by a secret. Estranged from her California D-list actress mom and her ranch hand Texas daddy, she tracked down her childhood horse in small-town Oregon, then stayed to build a life....

When eight-year-old Greer Donner falls off his horse in the Washington wilderness, he braces himself to face the long hike home alone. But screams pierce the darkness....

Daphne Mayfield sought a moment of quiet in a park - a break from city life, a tense relationship, and chronic overwork - but then an elderly woman makes a desperate plea....