When Emily and Maggie are hired to work at a national showjumping clinic in the little outback town of Dingo Creek, they are plunged into the middle of a seething atmosphere of team rivalry, where no one is who they appear to be.

Naturally there's competition between riders, but it seems like the arrogant, Jeremy Taggart will stop at nothing - sex, sabotage or stealing - to gain a place in the Australian squad. That is, until Jeremy doesn't turn up for an important training session. And when Emily and Maggie go hunting for him they soon discover his chances of making the team have now dropped to a very cold zero…