Authors: Linda Chapman
Secrets (19 page)
On a Beach . . .
A WHITE-GRAY HORSE STARED
across the deep blue sea. The land on the other side was calling to him, urging him to come. Taking one last look over his shoulder, he whinnied softly, his eyes full of love, and then he turned and plunged into the waiting waves …
With Special Thanks To …
The wonderful Julie Templeton and Fiona Wallace from the Julie Templeton Show Team for taking time out of their incredibly busy lives to talk to me and answer my endless questions about showing and for showing me around their amazing yard. Any mistakes or inaccuracies are entirely mine or down to artistic license. May your ponies and riders reign supreme! To Marjorie and Tim at Lings Lane Riding Stables for their really useful thoughts and suggestions for other books in the Loving Spirit series. To Richard Cooper for all the great information on hospitals and intensive care wards. To Mark Yates and Sarah Dobbing for the first-hand account of an air-ambulance rescue. (All things in life come in useful, you see …) To my lovely editor, Alexandra Antscherl, for her input and enthusiasm. To my first readers, Lee Weatherly and Julie Sykes, for reassuring me and being such great, always-there friends. To all my other friends and to the people and horses in my life who inspired Ellie and Spirit’s story. And most of all to Peter, for sending me away on two different occasions to haunted follies to write this book—it truly would not have been written without your endless patience, love and support. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!
About the Author
Linda Chapman grew up dreaming of being a writer and of riding in the Olympics. At least one of those came true. She has now written more than two hundred books including three very popular series:
My Secret Unicorn
,
Stardust
, and
Not Quite a Mermaid
. Although Chapman’s dreams of riding in the Olympics have been shelved (for now), she gives free rein to her horsey obsession by writing about horses whenever she is not writing about mermaids, fairies, or other magical creatures. She lives in Leicestershire, England, with her husband, three children, two dogs, and two ponies.
All rights reserved, including without limitation the right to reproduce this ebook or any portion thereof in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of the publisher.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2012 by Linda Chapman
Cover design by Angela Goddard
978-1-4976-4256-0
This edition published in 2014 by Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
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