This is the first book in Jemma Spark's Jill Series which is a follow-on from the original Jill books by Ruby Ferguson. JIll Crewe is about to reluctantly go off to secretarial college to pursue a dismal career in office work when her mother announces that she is re-marrying and her fiance lives in the Scottish highlands in a castle. This is the stuff that dreams are made of and Jill learns that there is not only an ancient castle but stables, an indoor riding arena, and a cross-country course. Real life intrudes upon the fairy tale fantasy when Jill meets her step-father's nephew Mark Lansdowne , a well known three-day eventer, who is unimpressed with the arrival of Jill and her mother.