When Alice falls in love in a Wiltshire village with a man beyond even the dreams of a girl accustomed to city life, as she finds her own happiness she is chosen to close a chapter of tragic young love left unfinished more than 350 years before.

When Joanna's mother dies she leaves her daughter with a riding school sinking beneath a huge burden of debt and no hint of who her father was. Set in the Sussex Downs, this is a story for anyone who loves horses and the English countryside.

Fleeing from personal tragedy, and unaware that danger is pursuing her, Stephanie finds new strength, love and friendship by embracing a new challenge and an unexpected change of life.

When Janet comes home to the New Forest, a proudly newly qualified nurse, she finds her old love is not the same. The beauty of the Forest and its creatures frame the story of a new love, clouded with the threat of violence and obsession finally defeated.

Where Devon and Somerset meet at the edge of the Moor, two strangers find their way into the life of a widowed sheep farmer. The sea and the changing seasons play their parts in bringing together four very different people, under the ever watchful eyes of Bess and Betty.

Riding on the South Downs early one summer morning, Penny Barnes makes a terrible discovery. The story embraces a topsail schooner, a Cambridge College, a world famous academic and a diffident young policeman.

Feisty, proud and sensitive, Angela is determined to prove that despite her handicap she is as good a rider as any able bodied person, and both international and domestic events give her every opportunity to make her point!