Drawing from a wealth of diverse experiences, this author has a background that includes milking cows, keeping bees, and crafting cheese, even bartering her own Gouda for wine. A brief, albeit painful, encounter with horses led to a change of heart regarding equine pursuits. Motherhood to five children stands as her greatest accomplishment, with writing a very close second, a pursuit she considers a long-standing companion.
John Ridd is a farmer who finds love amid the religious and social turmoil of seventeenth-century England. He is just a boy when his father is slain by the Doones, a lawless clan inhabiting wild Exmoor on the border of Somerset and Devon. Seized by curiosity and a sense of adventure, he makes his way to the valley of the Doones.
1673 - the south-west of England.The Doone family live in a secret valley on Exmoor. They are robbers and murderers.One day, Carver Doone murders young John Ridd's father. John is a boy, but soon he will be a man. Then he will kill Carver Doone.John meets a beautiful young girl in Doone Valley. And he falls in love. But the girl's name is Lorna Doone and Carver Doone is going to marry her. What will John do?