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This is one of seven books, which comprise the Jill series by Jemma Spark. They're a follow-on of the original Ruby Ferguson Jill books, which were the most popular pony books of their time and translated into many languages. Ostensibly, they are classified as Young Adult, and contain no explicit adult content. However, they fit more neatly into a developing genre with a devoted following called 'Pony Books for Adults'. They are set in the early 1960s and contain little nuggets of interesting historical context of the post-war years. There is also a strong element of horses and ponies, which appeal to the huge population of pony-lovers and horse-lovers. The series includes 'Jill Rides Cross-Country', 'Jill Has Two Horses', 'Jill Goes Pony Trekking', Jill and the Steeplechaser', 'Jill Dreams of a Dressage Horse', 'Jill and the Horsemasters' and 'All Change at Blainstock Stables'. They have consistently achieved 'best-seller' status in their genre on Amazon. A French translation, 'Les Aventures de Jill: Des Ponies aux Chevaux' will be published shortly. This is the first book in the Jill Series by Jemma Spark. Jill Crewe has lived in a perfect world of ponies and gymkhanas in a small English village, Chatton. Discouraged from a career with horses, she is about to reluctantly go off to secretarial college when her life is turned upside down. Her mother announces that she is getting married again and they are going to live in a Scottish Highland castle, with hundreds of acres of moorland, stables, an indoor riding school and a cross-country course. Jill feels that she has to prove her worth as a person, not only to herself, but also to her new-found relations, as she prepares to enter adult equestrian competitions.

This is one of seven books, which comprise the Jill series by Jemma Spark. They're a follow-on of the original Ruby Ferguson Jill books, which were the most popular pony books of their time and translated into many languages. Ostensibly, they are classified as Young Adult, and contain no explicit adult content. However, they fit more neatly into a developing genre with a devoted following called 'Pony Books for Adults'. They are set in the early 1960s and contain little nuggets of interesting historical context of the post-war years. There is also a strong element of horses and ponies, which appeal to the huge population of pony-lovers and horse-lovers. The series includes 'Jill Rides Cross-Country', 'Jill Has Two Horses', 'Jill Goes Pony Trekking', Jill and the Steeplechaser', 'Jill Dreams of a Dressage Horse', 'Jill and the Horsemasters' and 'All Change at Blainstock Stables'. They have consistently achieved 'best-seller' status in their genre on Amazon. A French translation, 'Les Aventures de Jill: Des Ponies aux Chevaux' will be published shortly. This is the second book in the Jill Series by Jemma Spark. Jill Crewe has left Chatton and is now living in a Scottish Highland castle with her mother and new step-father. She has a beautiful young grey horse, Balius, but she yearns for an older, trained mount so she can compete in open events in the coming year. She accepts a job as a secretary to Bryony Peach in Cornwall in order to earn money towards the purchase of a second horse. She drives from Scotland to Cornwall to begin work, taking Balius with her and stopping along the way with various horsey characters such as Ned Sperrit - a horsedealer, Charles a racehorse trainer and his glamorous wife, Venetia, and the Merrivales - a jolly family of five children living on Dartmoor. In Cornwall she finds herself drawn into the smuggling activities of an unlikely bunch of criminals.

This is the third book in the Jill series by Jemma Spark. Jill Crewe is planning to go pony trekking with the Merrivales, reliving some of the idyllic moments of her youth. But she has this happy knack of falling into adventure and along the way she gets mixed up with an extremely handsome but mysterious young man. Then there are people after them and they need to disguise themselves before they dash to Dartmoor.

This is one of seven books, which comprise the Jill series by Jemma Spark. They're a follow-on of the original Ruby Ferguson Jill books, which were the most popular pony books of their time and translated into many languages. Ostensibly, they are classified as Young Adult, and contain no explicit adult content. However, they fit more neatly into a developing genre with a devoted following called 'Pony Books for Adults'. They are set in the early 1960s and contain little nuggets of interesting historical context of the post-war years. There is also a strong element of horses and ponies, which appeal to the huge population of pony-lovers and horse-lovers. The series includes 'Jill Rides Cross-Country', 'Jill Has Two Horses', 'Jill Goes Pony Trekking', Jill and the Steeplechaser', 'Jill Dreams of a Dressage Horse', 'Jill and the Horsemasters' and 'All Change at Blainstock Stables'. They have consistently achieved 'best-seller' status in their genre on Amazon. A French translation, 'Les Aventures de Jill: Des Ponies aux Chevaux' will be published shortly. This is the fourth book in the Jill Series by Jemma Spark. Jill Crewe is a young woman living in rural England during the early 1960s. Teetering on the edge of adulthood, she moved to the Scottish Highlands to live in a castle when her mother married Richard Micheldever. Moving on from ponies to horses she is now the owner of Balius, a magnificent thoroughbred cross Highland gelding, and a sweet chestnut mare, Copperplate. In this book, she goes back to Chatton to live in her childhood home, Pool Cottage. Her best friend, Ann Derry, is emotionally wrecked from a love affair gone wrong and goes to stay with her. Their life of horsey adventures, and sometimes misadventures continue. Jill acquires a steeplechaser and enters a point-to-point to try race riding. In order to qualify to enter the race, Jill has to foxhunt, and after her first enthusiasm, she is forced to grapple with a moral dilemma when faced with anti-blood sports protests. A host of original characters parade through the pages including the Cholly-Sawcutt sisters, her old enemy Susan Pyke, Dinah Dean, Wendy Mead the instructor at Mrs Darcy's riding school, James and Diana Bush, and her cousin Cecilia.

This is the seventh book in Jemma Spark's Jill series which is a follow-on from the original Jill books by Ruby Ferguson. Jill Crewe finishes her Horsemasters course at Porlock Vale and takes her new friend Dieter to pick up Copperplate from Tatiana's stables. Then, back to Pool Cottage and there is a joyous reunion with Ann. Jill has a meeting with her literary agent in London and is upset about the latest development with her pony books. Then they head up to Scotland for Christmas. There have been some dramatic and unfortunate events at the castle. Big decisions have to be made about the future of Blainstock Castle and the stables. Mark Lansdowne, Jill's most unfavourite step-relative turns up and she finds herself taunting him and making trouble for everyone.

This is the eighth book in Jemma Spark's Jill series which is a follow-on from the original Jill books by Ruby Ferguson. This book is not narrated by Jill herself and begins with the lives of Black Boy and Rapide, her ponies when she was a child. Black Boy belongs to Lavender Ellison-Heath, whose social climbing mother wants her to win in gymkhanas so that she can gain entry into the county set. Rapide belongs to Morgan Pevensy, the youngest child of the Duke and Duchess of Tolkington. Morgan's life is blighted by being born into a horsey family and not fitting in. She doesn't mind ponies and riding, but she is not horse-made like the others.

This is the ninth book in Jemma Spark's Jill series which is a follow-on from the original Jill books by Ruby Ferguson. Like the previous book in this series, Jill's Ponies: Black Boy and Rapide this story is not narrated by Jill herself. It is set in Chatton and focuses on the fate of Black Boy and Rapide, Jill's childhood ponies. Lavender Ellison-Heath, the present owner of Black Boy, Morgan Pevensy the owner of Rapide and young Ruby Swope continue to have pony adventures. There is a pony club rally, a point-to-point at Grassmere, a huge Christmas party at Pevensy Park and Tiddington Hunter Trials.

Jill Crewe goes pony trekking with the Merrivales, reliving some of the idyllic moments of her youth. But Jill has this happy knack of falling into adventure and along the way she gets mixed up with an extremely dishy young movie star - Beau Carlisle. The newshounds are after them and this adds an extra note of glamour and excitement to a pony trek across Dartmoor.

Jill Crewe has lived in a perfect world of ponies and gymkhanas in a small English village, Chatton. Discouraged from a career with horses, she is about to reluctantly go off to secretarial college when her life is turned upside down. Her mother announces that she is getting married again and they are going to live in a Scottish Highland castle, with hundreds of acres of moorland, stables, indoor riding schools and cross-country courses. Jill has to prove herself to her new-found relations and to herself as she enters adult equestrian competitions.

If you loved the novel 'Riders' by Jilly Cooper then this is the book for you. The hero, Rafael, has dark eyes and glossy raven-black hair. He grew up as an orphan in a South American shanty town, adopted by Carina, a British exile. She taught him everything she knew about horses and he is a gifted and intuitive horseman. When Carina dies Rafael goes to work as a stable boy at the Melilla riding school, but he has no chance to demonstrate his equestrian talents in a place ruled by pretentious notions of class. Opportunities are handed out according to wealth and family connections. Rafael's destiny is inextricably bound to that of Phoebe Lester-Blythe, an unhappy, overweight English schoolgirl whose father works at the British Consulate. This story crosses the world from South America to the home counties of Oxfordshire. It is a tale of passion for horses, intrigue, betrayal and revenge.

Jill Crewe has left Chatton and is now living in a Scottish Highland castle with her mother and new step-father. She has a beautiful young grey horse, Balius, but she yearns for an older, trained mount so she can compete in open events in the coming year. She accepts a job as a secretary to Bryony Peach in Cornwall in order to earn money towards the purchase of a second horse. She drives from Scotland to Cornwall to begin work, taking Balius with her and stopping along the way with various horsey characters such as Ned Sperrit - a horse dealer, Charles a racehorse trainer and his glamorous wife, Venetia, and the Merrivales - a jolly family of five children living on Dartmoor. In Cornwall she finds herself drawn into the smuggling activities of an unlikely bunch of criminals.

This book includes a comprehensive list of 'Who's Who' in the Jemma Spark series of Jill books. There are also three short stories. The first is- 'Jill and the Mystery of the Missing Horse'. The second - 'The Engagement Party', is the tale of Cecilia, Jill's cousin's engagement party held at Blainstock Castle. The guests arrive on Thursday evening. They go trekking in the Highlands, sailing and canoeing on the loch. There is a fancy dress party on Saturday night, and on the following morning, one of the guests cannot be found. A full-scale search ensues. Jill, Ann Derry and Dinah Dean set their minds to discovering the whereabouts of the missing guest and who is responsible for her sinister disappearance. The third, narrated by Susan Barrington-Brown, who was originally a character in Josephine Pullein Thompson's novels. She appeared in Jemma Spark's tenth book in 'Jill and the Prize Winners', and in this tale Noel Kettering, Henry Thornton and Christo are also introduced into the Jill series.

Jill goes to Australia to go showjumping with the Heyward family. She had been told that her father died when she was a young child, but shortly before she leaves her mother tells her that her father is still alive and living in Australia. Struggling to cope with the idea of having a real father and having been deceived throughout her childhood, she is thrown into the family life of the Heywards. Norah Heyward, a young woman of her own age, has a new boyfriend who is deemed entirely unsuitable by her family and JIll is drawn into the drama as she struggles in an environment that is totally different to anything that she has experienced before. She attends a showjumping event at Bowral and then goes to visit her father in the Snowy Mountains. They go deep into the bush to hunt for an escaped mare who has joined the wild bush horses. Riding through the mountains she experiences life far beyond civilisation.