Lisa Atwood just cannot work up the nerve to tell her mother she really does not want to go to Wentworth Manor, especially after she wins a full scholarship, so her friends in the Saddle Club come up with a plan to make Mrs. Atwood have second thoughts about the fancy boarding school.

Lisa Atwood is faced with more responsibility than she bargained for--and plenty of danger--on her trip to the Bar None Ranch when her friend Carole falls ill during a bareback midnight trail ride.