Team Trouble at Dark Creek: Northern Vancouver Island

By now you're probably familiar with Jessa Richardson and her spunky bay pony, Rebel. Jessa works at Dark Creek Stables in exchange for Rebel's board and feed, and the occasional pointer from the experienced ladies that keep their horses there. But everything changes when two enormous draft horses come to stay. After a run of bad luck and a series of rotten events all brought on by the two, Mrs. Bailey, the owner, is about ready to give up. How on earth will little Dark Creek survive this troublesome pair? Jessa's put out, too, as Rebel has to live out in the cold, giving up his nice, warm home for a drafty little shed so the newcomers can have a place to stay. But that's not all. Jessa's life is suddenly turned upside down when her FATHER arrives on a surprise visit from Japan, where he's been living with his new wife and daughter. It's a tense time that Christmas, especially when the hugest blizzard Jessa's ever seen rocks Vancouver Island, shutting everyone up at home, and closing all the airports. Mr. Richardson's going to have to stay with his ex-wife and daughter for the holidays, and they'll definitely be much different than anyone expected, especially when Jessa joins a rescue crew with a pair of VERY unlikely helpers!I loved this book just as much as the first, and can never tire of Nikki Tate's wonderfully descriptive style. I felt like I was right there with Jessa, and I especially enjoyed all the little plots she wove in with the one big one.