Anna Shelton survived the betrayal of her love at the hands of her high school sweetheart. She built a perfect life by managing a working farm, caring for her widowed mother and raising livestock. She even acquired true, loving companions—her beautiful, trained horse Smoky and her fearless, faithful sheepdog Casey. Admired by everyone who knew her, sought out for her many abilities, Anna had at last escaped the treachery that marred her past and built a life just right for herself. Well, it would have been if only someone hadn't kept trying to kill her.