The first milestone

So I have just finished my first novel.... although I have lots more in the draft stage, and of course the pipeline...

I would love to share it with you all, and your opinions are always welcome. Please feel free to comment, and if you enjoy it let me know, and I may consider sharing some more of it...

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For those who would like some prompting before they delve right in, read on ;)


     Ellen Taylor is shy and studious, and as she fast approaches her eighteenth birthday, she is desperate to catch up with Georgie’s prowess with the opposite sex, and have a summer of fun before they both head off to University.

Convinced that nothing ever happens in their sleepy village, Georgie is always trying to entice Ellen out to their friends’ parties in town, but Ellen has thrown herself into her summer job for the local racehorse trainer, Barb, which entails a high level of fitness, and very early starts. And while delivering ironing for her mother, Ellen develops an unlikely relationship with Barb’s austere and exceedingly unsociable elder brother, Tim, whom at first Ellen despises, but quickly realises that they have more in common than she thinks.

While her parents are encouraging her into a finance career in her father’s firm in the city, Ellen is secretly following her own agenda, and won’t let anything stand in her way.

Ellen embraces country life and everything about it, except from the advances of the Barker’s farmhand, Dale, a young lad who despises his boss and who is fed-up of just being Ellen’s friend.

Ellen throws herself into the horse racing, and Barb even gives her the opportunity to ride in a race, and Barb’s younger brother, James, takes Ellen under his wing. In her spare time Ellen accompanies the local vet on his rounds, desperate to learn all that she can to follow this career path, and continues to enjoy Tim’s company. Embarrassed of this odd relationship, Ellen hides it from everyone, including her best friend. But can her own agenda really bring her the happiness and fulfilment she deserves, without hurting those close to her?