When Scarlet Whitmore’s life in the city falls apart after her mom’s scandal hits the news, she’s sent to spend the summer on an island with her aunt—a quiet equestrian trainer who runs the stables at Brightwood Academy. Scarlet expects boredom, mud, and horse hair. What she doesn’t expect is him—Rowan Hale, the stable’s brooding top rider with a chip on his shoulder and secrets buried deeper than the stables’ hayloft.