THE HORSEMAN'S DESIRE BOOK ONE OF THE BARTLEMAS ANTHOLOGY SERIES His wickedness both excited and repulsed her at the same time. When a circus arrives in Ridley Taunton in the summer of 1842, Emma Turpin knows nothing of the ways of men. Within days, her mistress dies and Emma converts an inherited house into a cottage hospital. Her first patient is a circus horseman who releases in her a passion that knows no bounds and for whom she is willing to live in two worlds. As the horseman returns every summer, Emma is caught between duty and forbidden love, knowing that one day she must choose between them. THE BARTLEMAS ANTHOLOGY ORDINARY PEOPLE - EXTRAORDINARY LOVE STORIES Spanning the Victorian Era from 1842 to 1886, The Bartlemas Anthology is a series of novels telling breathtaking stories of love and passion. As the wild and carefree Georgian period comes to an end in England, a circus horseman and a lady's maid begin something that becomes the catalyst for an astonishing series of events. From the harsh effects of the burgeoning Industrial Revolution in rural England, to the wild goldfields, the searing deserts and the remote river towns of colonial Australia, one scandalous union is all it takes to set in motion the most extraordinary tales of love and adventure imaginable.