Horse trainer Grace Archer lives more than modestly on a small horse farm in rural Alabama. Her only treasure is her eight-year-old daughter, a highly intelligent and gifted child whom Grace is raising alone. But when their lives are in danger, the only one the young woman can count on is police officer Jake Kilmer, her former lover and Frankie's father. There are good reasons why they haven't seen each other for almost nine years. Will Grace be able to trust the one who once betrayed her? The book was also published under the title “Nine Steps to Each Other.”