The heroine is Skyler Sutton, a member of Connecticut's blue-blooded equestrian world, the hero is Tony Salvatore, a blue-collar mounted policeman. When he makes her pregnant, Skyler offers the baby for adoption. The candidate is psychologist Ellie Nightingale whose own child was kidnaped 23 years earlier. The romance takes a turn when Ellie discovers that Skyler is her daughter.