Riding Out the Devil — Hilary Walker

The skillful trainer can heal horses' wounds. But will he let a teenage boy make him face his own?


Jack's only interest is in helping troubled horses. He finds people irksome.

When bad news sends him back to his native England for the first time in two decades, dark secrets erupt from his past â€" secrets he fled the country to escape.

On his return, Father Michael asks him to help Joe, a teenager in desperate need of what only the trainer can offer. Jack hasn't been to church in years and wants nothing to do with the kid.

Then he learns the true nature of Joe's problems â€" and is forced to face his own wounds.

Will Jack stubbornly persist in bitter isolation?

Or will he open his heart and use his God-given talents to heal the boy?