At age 14, Iseult is told she is to be the mother of the great king who will finally unite the disparate tribes into one cohesive nation. One night, the great king is conceived by deceit, his father using the magic of a wizard to disguise his features. The great king goes on to father a son who betrays and kills his father, and the great king is laid to rest under a hill, to await his nation's hour of greatest need.

That's what the history books would tell you.

What actuallyhappened is rather different.

When I was fifteen, my parents divorced, and we moved from bustling London to the Midlands.

Naturally, I was nothappy at all about this, but when your stepmum insists on uprooting you to go to a "quieter" place and your dad is henpecked as fuck, you've got no choice.

On the upside, I got to meet Oliver, who was witty, funny, charming - he ticked all the boxes.

On the downside ... he was my new stepbrother.

So now we had to hide the relationship from our parents andfrom Oliver's jealous half sister, Fanny, but naturally, in such a small house, Fanny soon found out, and she threatened to rat us out to our parents unless we cut the relationship short.

Unfortunately for her, I'm stubborn as the day is long, and Oliver has a stubborn streak a mile wide.

Good luck trying to keep us apart, Fanny!

Beth is the girl destined to marry city slicker Rob.

Jesse is the farmhand in love with her.

And Potato is the unique horse that brought Beth and Jesse together.

But when both Potato and Jesse are taken from her, Beth must embark on an epic journey to get them back.

And she's only got until spring, before she's forced to marry Rob and leave the family farm forever