At last! All the Horses and Souls books in a box set and only for Advent 2024.
Trot along to Hazeley in the English countryside and immerse yourself in the ever complicated lives of Joanna, who lives in the manor. Mollie and Ann, who work in the stables. Chris who runs a nearby farm. Then last but not the least, new arrivals, Sally, and the terrible twins Jerry and Merry.
None of these stories would be complete without the horses. Challenger, the retired showjumper who reads everyone around him like a book. Keith, a totally dippy stallion. The mysterious roan, Chaos. Bella, the spotted horse, and Hindrance, her donkey sidekick. Rodi and Stella from snowy Austria. And of course, all the dogs who sneak their way into the tales.
As everyone seeks a happy ending, a web of tangled emotions, hidden pasts, and troublesome family relationships is interwoven with love, reconciliation, and healing, reflecting the Christian theme that runs through the series.
This is soooo exciting! I would be thrilled if you’d vote for me.
The cover for Legacy has been selected for the allauthor cover of the month competition. There are four rounds, and this is the first, it ends on the 8th. So I might be back again if I get to the next round.
Clicking on this link should take you to the voting page. I can’t tell from here if the link works!
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After some sweltering weeks here in Wales, the most exciting week is ahead of me. Today, Lamplight to Sunlight is released! It’s available as eBook, paperback and hardback. If you click on the link above, it will take you into the first few pages for a preview.
I’m also looking forward to the book launch at Storyville books in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales on the 22nd. 18.30 to 20.00. If by chance any of you are in the area, you’re very welcome and I’d love to see you!
Here are some of the smashing 5 star reviews that have come in so far. If you read it, I’d love to hear what you think of it.
A beautiful book written about about the grit, grime, gloom and dangers of life down the mines from the ponies’ perspective. This book is a rich seam of valuable historical information about those lives and the lives of the miners facing the constant risk of injury and death as they went abut their work. That was until pit ponies careers in the mines ended in the late 1990’s, only a generation ago. Then they were brought to the surface forever from lamplight to sunlight, from pit to paddock to have second lives. It is not often an author’s words can make my eyes moisten. Anna managed it with a couple of these second life stories of the ponies and the people who gave them that chance to feel grass beneath their feet, sunshine on their backs and clean air to breath.
It is also a story that we can all take a lesson from. That is no matter how dark things get there will always be light.
An easy read that flows enthrallingly.
‘Written from the perspective of some of the pit ponies that left the mines to live new lives above ground, Lamplight to Sunlight is a wonderful account of ponies allowed to live their best lives after giving their all. Sensitively written, Anna incorporates her love of and experiences with horses with well researched facts to create some memorable characters. The retelling of her research is a meaningful preface to the stories that follow and provide us as readers with insight into some of the workings of the mines and the wonderful equines that made the life of the miners a little easier. An awesome read, that flows and draws you in from the first word. Often we are left wanting to know what happened next and this book tells you just that.’
I had such fun writing this book of short stories, especially turning Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol into a horse tale. I worked with the book, it was surprising how much of the dialogue we hear in the film versions is just like the original!
In searching for an image for another cover, I posted on one of my Facebook groups and found this picture of Rootbeer, who was an amazing horse. You can read his story inside.
Then I found older stories that I’d never published, and even wrote some new ones. The art of short story writing is so different to the novel and I enjoy not having to be too wordy and be snappy with the plot.
I hope you enjoy this read as we begin to think of Christmas. It makes a great present too as it’s available on Amazon as paperback and hardback. Here’s the universal link which will take you to the book where ever you are.
The first book of my Memoirs is reduced! Click on the link for the special price of 99c, and a bit less on the UK site. This is because the new book, ‘Finding’, will be out on May 1st!
Brought up by a warring Mother and Grandmother, Anna Rashbrook had to make choices that no child should have to.
In this first memoir, she begins the quest to understand the threads of faith, horses, and love, which weave and intertwine throughout her life.
Years of diarying help Anna in this frank and honest chronicle of her childhood and teenage, as she explores the scars and the dysfunction that was all around her. Not to forget pony mania, the Tremeloes, David Bowie, and some terrible teenage behaviour!
Anna travels to Switzerland to work on a farm in Switzerland for a year before college and finds her first true love, but will it all work out?
So where's the snow? 