It had all started long ago, when her mother was still in their house. One awful afternoon, Stormy's dad had lifted her on to the big white mare and said, "Ride. Ride till someone takes you in." And Stormy had ridden, and the neighbours had taken her in, and that's where she'd had to stay for most of her childhood. This summer Stormy's turning eleven, and she's had enough. She's sick of being dumped. She wants to be with people who have her blood in their veins and she's determined to make it happen.
Mary Pershall, who writes under the pen name "Susan Shelley," is an author of a number of historical romances, including a series about the family of William Marshal.