A new year has come to North Oak, and with it a new life for Alexandra Anderson. Still haunted by Ashley's brutal death, Alex worries she won't seem grateful if she's unhappy. To make it worse, Promenade has been nominated to the Keeneland Yearling Sale. She's going to lose everything? again. It's too painful to let love in and easier to be angry at the world for her abusive past than to let it go. Easier to put up walls so no one knows she's hurting. Will Alex be able to open her heart to others when its still battling personal demons? Or will she go so deep into herself that no one can reach her? Don't miss this sequel to North Oak #1: Born to Run! On the heels of Joanna Campbell's beloved Thoroughbred Series, and Walter Farley's Black Stallion, comes a brand new young adult horse racing series that will sweep you away like a runaway Thoroughbred.