Country lovers - Fiona Walker

Love affairs, village rivalries, horses, jealousy and secrets... 'An all-encompassing whirlwind of activity, wit, fun and frolic. I loved it!' JILL MANSELL. 'If it's brilliant country fun you're after, but you can't afford your own horse (or even if you can), read Fiona Walker immediately!' JENNY COLGAN. Glamorous Ronnie Percy has been back home in the Cotswolds for a year. But not everyone has forgiven her for abandoning her family twenty-five years ago. Ronnie's daughter Pax is fighting for custody of her small son as her own marriage disintegrates. Now she is furious to have to spend New Year's Eve waiting to meet some stranger, invited by her mother to help run the family stud farm. The staunchly loyal head groom, Lester, is even more annoyed. Does Ronnie think he's lost his touch? Luca O'Brien, Irish charmer and reputed heart-breaker, is known throughout the countryside as the Horsemaker. But what happened to Luca's beautiful stallion, Beck, now broken and unrideable in the Compton Magna stables? And what is Luca running away from? Passionate, sexy, gripping, and laced with wicked humour, this is bestselling Fiona Walker at her dazzling best.

Fiona Walker is the author of eighteen novels, from tales of flat-shares and clubbing in nineties London to today's romping, rural romances set amid shires, spires and stiles. In a career spanning over two decades, she's grown up alongside her readers, never losing her wickedly well-observed take on life, lust and the British in love. She lives in Warwickshire, sharing a slice of Shakespeare Country with her partner, their two daughters and a menagerie of animals.

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With feisty characters, sexy menfolk, long-buried secrets and a healthy dollop of sauce, this book is a total riot from start to end
Heat

Filled with intrigue, romance and drama... This is a must-read for cold winter nights by the Aga'
Cotswold Life

A feel-good romp complete with dashing heroes and engaging heroines. Perfect for some serious but light-hearted escapism
Horse and Countryside

Fans of the sex-and-horses rural romp will feel right at home with this pleasing doorstep of a novel
Daily Mail

Fiona Walker is a class act, the best of her genre. Witty, clever, fabulous and fun, she's a natural storyteller with a gift for characterisation and plot, romance and drama... Massively entertaining'
Santa Montefiore

If you love Jilly Copper, you'll love this
Jo Thomas

Every Christmas needs a good Jilly Cooper-style romp, and Walker's latest - stuffed full of star-crossed lovers, misunderstandings and horses - more than fits the bill
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