Private Investigator Vanna Marbury comes to Lexington, the heart of thoroughbred horse racing, to locate a rare stolen black colt destined for greatness. But the dark horse she finds is a different breed with a chip on his shoulder. Braxton Hicks, so named by his mother because of the pain he caused even before his birth, lives up to his reputation. Vanna and her daughter, Jessie, stir a long-buried desire in Brax. Even his arrogant attitude isn't enough to squelch the attraction Vanna feels. She has to find one missing dark horse. But she'll have the tame the other one.