Country Rivals

For Alex

Table of Contents

Cover (#ubfc24c21-f596-5fa9-9d5a-7ab53535a8df)

Title Page (#u7494da58-511b-5e10-8a88-5c31fb46ad81)

Copyright (#u1edad439-19f9-5fc9-8e25-3a9fbc147841)

Praise for Zara Stoneley’s Books (#ubf501030-7855-5616-ad60-bb68a948bde1)

Dedication (#ue8b93908-f804-5595-8bc6-c96e489b8a38)

Tippermere (#ucf5da6dd-5637-5b6a-93a0-fe1f37480d85)

The Residents of Tippermere (#ucebaeca5-52e6-5523-845e-89d86203bae1)

Chapter 1 (#u4c01bf89-3873-5857-bc18-f993fd87fe4e)

Chapter 2 (#u7136a4ca-656d-5bc0-b3f4-ee00b198f201)

Chapter 3 (#u17e632a0-3472-561c-a296-208887400e1a)

Chapter 4 (#u54aa4470-cf55-5aa7-bdb3-7421b35b72b4)

Chapter 5 (#u07b641d8-a941-51ee-bc6f-1fd49fb5512f)

Chapter 6 (#u95debf61-b972-5ac9-9e73-ca74e76a2bce)

Chapter 7 (#uea6e43b8-d9e2-56d3-91ee-432814432dd9)

Chapter 8 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 9 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 10 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 11 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 12 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 13 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 22 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 23 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 24 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 25 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 26 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 27 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 28 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 29 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 30 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 31 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 32 (#litres_trial_promo)

Acknowledgements (#litres_trial_promo)

Coming Soon From Zara Stoneley (#litres_trial_promo)

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Zara Stoneley (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

Tippermere (#ue09dd649-8d7f-5b6f-a4e9-25dfc78b7222)

Welcome to tranquil Tippermere, set deep in the Cheshire countryside. Home to Lords and Ladies, horsemen and farmers.

Set on the highest hill, keeping a close eye on the village and its inhabitants, lies Tipping House Estate. In pride of place is the grand Elizabethan style mansion, sweeping down in front of her are immaculate gardens, well-kept parkland and rolling acres that spread as far as the eye can see.

Follow the stream down to the flat below, and nestling between copses and lakes, you find Folly Lake Manor and the sprawling grounds of the bustling Equestrian Centre. The country lane in front wends its way between high hedges to the village green, the church and two village pubs. Then fans out into tributaries, follow them further and you find a small eventing yard, a scattering of country cottages and rambling working farms.