<p>Caroline Venable has everything her Southern heritage promised: money prestige a powerful husband-and a predictable routine of country-club luncheons cocktail parties and dinners hosting her husband's wealthy friends clients and associates in his successful land-developing conglomerate.</p><p>To escape her stifling routine Caro drinks a little too much. But her true solace is the Lowcountry island her beloved Granddaddy left her-an oasis of breathtaking beauty that is home to a band of wild ponies. When Caro learns that her husband must develop the island or lose the business she is devastated. The Lowcountry is her heritage-and what will happen to the ponies whose spirit and freedom have captivated her since childhood?</p><p>Saving the island could cost Caroline more than she ever imagined. To succeed she must confront the part of herself numbed by alcohol and careful avoidance-and shatter long-held ideals about her role in society her marriage and ultimately herself.</p>