Ricky France-Lynch is moody, macho, and magnificent. He has a large crumbling estate, a nine-goal polo handicap, and a beautiful wife who is fair game for anyone with a cheque book. He also has the adoration of fourteen-year-old Perdita MacLeod. Perdita can’t wait to leave her dreary school and become a polo player. But before she has time to grow up, Ricky’s life explodes into tragedy, and Perdita turns into a brat who loves only her horses – and Ricky France-Lynch.