Lauren Davis was lured by money and sex into a relationship with high roller Raymond Vargas. While she was riding his horses and making him a lot of money, everything was great. When she discovered she was pregnant and refused to have an abortion, things turned real ugly. After Joey's birth, Lauren tries to leave Vargas, and that was a big mistake.

Nick Red Shield is a hauling contractor and a loner. He's on a cross country trip picking up and delivering horses when he finds a badly injured woman on a deserted highway in Missouri. She tells him her name is Joey, she has no friends or relatives, and she does not want to go to a hospital. She won't explain why she was left in a ditch for dead, other than she fell out of a car. She is obviously still frightened of someone, and makes Nick promise not to leave her.

Nick winds up taking Joey home with him to his horse ranch in South Dakota, and discovers she is no stranger around horses. She attributes all she knows to her late father who was a trainer and sometimes owner. This is all Nick knows about this enigmatic woman -- that, and he believes he is falling in love with her.

The artistic talents of Kathleen Eagle paints a beautiful, poignant story of two lost souls, scarred inside and out, who find redemption and love together. PAINTED PONY is a real heart-tugger so be sure to have the tissues handy while devouring this exceptional love story.