Book 3 of the Double H Ranch Series. The Hollis family is challenged to pry the chip off the shoulder of twelve-year-old city boy, Cole. In spite of what is, at first, his unwilling participation in their lives of rodeo competition and ranch life, Cole quickly develops skills as a rider and roper. However, when Cole's abusive father defies his court order and reappears to claim his son, heroic action is called for.