Dad\'s number one rule was, Just keep the horse between you and the ground.
A journey that puts her back in the saddle, both in the present, and in 18th century Virginia..
The dog, the journals, and a horse called the Red Devil propel Eloise on a journey.
Eloise becomes obsessed with the stray dog and engrossed in the 18th century journal.
If she wants more, she must get it from him.
Then a faceless man on the Internet offers her a glimpse of an 18th century journal he claims to have found.
Then early one morning a stray dog showed up at the clinic door.
Her online reading community, daydreaming, and caring for other people\'s animals fed her mind, heart, and soul, even if it was by proxy.
Now, reading history was a fine escape, and she loved her job at the animal clinic.
Eloise had made her peace.
Maybe it was her dad, Jock, who lit the match, but it was Eloise who had poured the gasoline on top.
The bridge she thought she would cross had burned.
No effort on her part could change things.
But her parents\' divorce, her mother\'s death, and estrangement from her father had knocked her flat.
But in time, they made a winning team
Mom, Dad, Eloise, and a chestnut mare named Whiplash.
Even so, Eloise fell off her mare too many times to count.
Dad\'s number one rule was, Just keep the horse between you and the ground
