Jilly Cooper
1) Mount!
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Rupert is consumed by one obsession: that his horse is proclaimed champion. To defeat his rival he must abandon his empire at Penscombe, his wife Taggie, and chase winners worldwide. When Gala moves to Penscombe as carer for Rupert's father, Rupert himself is attracted to her. When Gala begins working in the yard, her carer's job is taken by a devastatingly handsome man who seems keener on caring for Taggie; the game of musical loose boxes begins…...
2) Wicked
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At Bagley Hall, a notoriously wild, but increasingly academic, independent, crammed with the children of the famous, trouble is afoot. The ambitious and fatally attractive headmaster, Hengist Brett-Taylor, hatches a plan to share the facilities of his school with Larkminster Comprehensive - known locally, as 'Larks'. His reasons for doing so are purely financial, but he is encouraged by the opportunities the scheme gives him for frequent meetings...
3) Emily
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If Emily hadn't gone to Annie Richmond's party, she would never have met the impossibly irresistible Rory Balniel - never have married him and been carried off to the wild Scottish island of Irasa to live in his ancestral home. She'd never have met the wild and mysterious Marina, a wraith from Rory's past, nor her brother, the disagreeable Finn Maclean; and would never have been caught stealing roses in a see-through nightie...
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Jilly Cooper has kept a diary about life on Putney Common. Noting the effects of the changing seasons and writing about her encounters with dogs and humans, Cooper creates an affectionate and enthralling portrait of her everyday life. Cooper writes lyrically about the natural world; tellingly about the sorrows and joys of caring for dogs and children; and outrageously about the gossip, illicit romances and jealousies of small community life.