Flambards Series by K.M. Peyton

The award-winning romantic series for young adults is available again. In this first book, Christina finds herself in the strange brooding household of Flambards, where learning to ride is her only happiness.

A totally absorbing novel about twelve-year-old Christina who is sent to live with her fierce uncle and his two sons in their decaying mansion, Flambards. Christina discovers a passion for horses and riding but finds herself part of a strange household, divided by emotional undercurrents and cruelty.

Christina and Will have escaped Flambards for London with their heads full of dreams, only to find a whole new set of problems. Not only the basic ones of work and a place to live, but Will's single-minded ambition to desing and pilot flying machines, which terrify Christina every time he leaves the ground. Will is certain he can become a success, but what price is he willing to pay for the glory?

A new edition of a story in which 21-year-old widow Christina returns to Flambards to find much has changed. The First World War is underway, Uncle Russell and Will are both dead, Mark is missing in action, and Flambards itself is neglected and completely overgrown.

Widowed Christine marries hard-working Dick, hoping to make Flambards a thriving farm again, but their life is complicated when her cousin Mark returns from the war gravely wounded.