Hornbeam Press: 14 books

This story is faction based on a true story of love and intrigue between two lovers in their early twenties, during the summer of 1988. In London, it was the time of acid-house music, squat parties and the last years of Thatcher’s rule. There was a climate of global political change and possibility.The...

Emma Dally remembered her grandfather as a remote and bad-tempered old man constantly complaining about his noisy grandchildren. She knew he had once been one of the most famous men in Britain but she didn’t know why. Thirty-five years after Claud’s death, Emma began to read his private diaries...

It is 1968. Nine-year-old Lucy Butler, a lonely child, is the daughter of a GP in London's Kentish Town. When Lucy encounters the huge, boisterous Valentine family, from the big house up the road, she is instantly enthralled. Throughout that summer, she longs to be one of those eight children with their...

One of those apparently simple but unforgettable pieces of writing that just stay on and on in the memory.' - Rosie Thomas 'So touching. This is as much Dally's story as John's, and her growing awareness of her own vulnerability and neediness, which she has disguised for years under the mask of the sturdy,...

London's Kentish Town in the Thirties and Forties teems with life in every street and alleyway. It is a place where everyone knows everyone else, where lives are interwoven in intricate webs and where feuds are passed down from generation to generation, 'Respectable' families live amicably alongside...

Days after her mother dies, Josie Knight makes a startling discovery among her personal effects. Secreted within the clutter of the London house she will soon have to sell, lies a yellowing envelope in the folds of a treasured rocking chair. A gift that was never sent, a relic of a doomed romance? Somehow...

Divorce is a clear, concise guide for people who are thinking - or in the process - of getting divorced. It is not just a legal guide. Much more important, it is about taking control of the divorce process to minimize conflict, protect the children, and save money by cutting legal bills. A successful...

When a man is shot dead during a tennis match at the exclusive Oakside Tennis Club, the local community is thrown into turmoil. The victim is a newcomer to the club, a relative stranger, and, it appears, the murder has been committed by a hitman. But who could have made the order, and why?Detective Inspector...

Set in the late 1960s, Quest for Gold is an evolving tale of a racing family that realises it owns a potential champion. The handsome black gelding, which bears the family name of 'Bretton', is a treasure, an animal most owners can only dream of. John Bretton is the 'black sheep' of the family....

In this sequel to Michael E Dimmer's first racing novel, Quest for Gold, we return to unscrupulous tipster and incorrigible womaniser, John Bretton. On the death of his father, John has been able to return to the family stately home where he and his siblings, Felicity and Anthony, several racehorses,...

Young Sophia Latimer's beauty immediately attracts the attention of rich aristocrat Sir Robert Drysdale when he visits Latimer Hall to buy horses for his stables. When his cousin finds out, he is determined to seduce Sophia himself and bring about her public ruin as he knows any suggestion of marriage...

A romantic novel set against the back drop of the French Revolution, Lovers' Destiny follows the fortunes of the painter Angele le Meseurier and the handsome French marquis, Gaston de Rochford, as their growing love for each other finally wins against all odds.

Jean Wyld's latest novel is set during turbulent Tudor period when allegiance to the wrong religion can mean death regardless of a person's station in lifeSusan Hatherton is the beautiful young daughter of the steward of the Meyrick Estates. When Sir Richard Meyrick arrives with his young son to take...

Natasha's Secret is a gripping historical romance set against the backdrops of Georgian England and Imperial Russia. The heroine, Natasha, secretly loves Alan Tresselian. When they both sail to the opulent court of the Empress Elisabeth of Russia, she hopes he will return her love. Instead, he remains...