When you read a Jilly Cooper you realise why there always seems to be so long between the publication of each novel. Of course, it’s because the research that goes into her novels is immense and in turn that’s why they are so completely enjoyable. You really can immerse yourself in another world; in Riders, there’s a world of loveable characters that are totally captivating , up to no good but excellent at it. You cannot fail to laugh at them and crucially laugh with them. This is one of her best.
A "Piece of Passion" from the publisher...
‘Horses, lust, handsome rogues, gorgeous females, and as much sex, romance and bad behaviour as anyone could wish for. In this book Jilly Cooper invents the classic bonkbuster, as we visit her ravishing world of Rutshire for the first time.' Linda Evans, Senior Editorial Director at Transworld
November 2009 Guest Editor Katie Agnew on JILLY COOPER
OK, I admit it, it was the sauciness I liked at sixteen. Well, it was just plain naughty to read about polo players cavorting in the hay with stable girls, wasn't it? And they were all so posh! I'd never met anyone with a double barreled name in 1988. But even as an adult I love Jilly Cooper's work.
I can't bear literary snobbery. Her novels are sooo clever! She creates entire worlds and pulls you right in. When I finish one of her books I get that same feeling of grief that I used to get at seven when I finished an Enid Blyton.
Set against the glorious Cotswold countryside and the playgrounds of the world, Jilly Cooper's "Rutshire Chronicles", "Riders", "Rivals", "Polo", "The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous", "Appassionata" and "Score!", offer an intoxicating blend of skulduggery, swooning romance, sexual adventure and hilarious high jinks. "Riders", the first and steamiest in the series, takes the lid off international showjumping, a sport where the brave horses are almost human, but the humans behave like animals. The brooding hero, gypsy Jake Lovell, under whose magic hands the most difficult horse or woman becomes biddable, is driven to the top by his loathing of the beautiful bounder and darling of the show ring, Rupert Campbell-Black.
| Primary Genre | Romance / Relationship Stories |
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Set against the glorious Cotswold countryside and the playgrounds of the world, Jilly Cooper's "Rutshire Chronicles", "Riders", "Rivals", "Polo", "The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous", "Appassionata" and "Score!", offer an intoxicating blend of skulduggery, swooning romance, sexual adventure and hilarious high jinks. "Riders", the first and steamiest in the series, takes the lid off international showjumping, a sport where the brave horses are almost human, but the humans behave like animals.
Riders features in the following genres: eBooks of the Month, Romance / Relationship Stories, Fiction, Recommendations
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Riders was written by Jilly Cooper and published by Transworld Publishers Ltd
Riders has 918 pages
