Amazon.com description: Product Description: Jamie Cooper is less than thrilled to be spending the summer on her estranged grandfather's Texas ranch. The place is deadly quiet, the refrigerator is empty, and the heat is almost unbearable. Impulsively, she spends her entire summer budget on a beautiful but dangerous horse that's otherwise destined to be destroyed. Her grandad is angry at her for buying an outlaw filly and refuses to help tame Lucky Lady. Then a frightening turn of events shows Jamie that there is more to her grandfather--and Lucky Lady--than she ever imagined. This heroic horse story pulses with realistic detail and page-turning power.Jamie Cooper is less than thrilled to be shipped off to Texas while her mother takes a writing assignment in southeast Asia.At least she will enjoy riding horses on her grandfather's ranch. She arrives in Wilcox only to discover that her grandad has sold off his cattle and leased his land to another rancher. The only horse left on the property is tired old Samson. To top it all off, Jamie's grandfather has little to say---to Jamie or anyone else.

It seems like it is going to be a very quiet summer, until Jamie and her new friend, Arnoldo, attend Wilcox's weekly cattle and horse auction. In an instant, Jamie has paid out her entire summer's spending money to save a beautiful---and very wild---pony that no one else wants. Jamie's grandad is furious at her for bringing home a bucking bronco. Jamie vows to train her new Lucky Lady before summer's end. But can she do it without her grandfather's help? And will her grandfather give his help if Jamie dares to ask for it?

Dynamic writer and life-long horse-woman, Susan Saunders delivers a powerful story about love, loss, determination, and the wild streak in us all.Jamie Cooper is less than thrilled to be shipped off to Texas while her mother takes a writing assignment in southeast Asia. At least she will enjoy riding horses on her grandfather's ranch. She arrives in Wilcox only to discover that her grandad has sold off his cattle and leased his land to another rancher. The only horse left on the property is tired old Samson. To top it all off, Jamie's grandfather has little to say---to Jamie or anyone else.

It seems like it is going to be a very quiet summer, until Jamie and her new friend, Arnoldo, attend Wilcox's weekly cattle and horse auction. In an instant, Jamie has paid out her entire summer's spending money to save a beautiful---and very wild---pony that no one else wants. Jamie's grandad is furious at her for bringing home a bucking bronco. Jamie vows to train her new Lucky Lady before summer's end. But can she do it without her grandfather's help? And will her grandfather give his help if Jamie dares to ask for it?

Dynamic writer and life-long horse-woman, Susan Saunders delivers a powerful story about love, loss, determination, and the wild streak in us all.