Unicorn's Secret S.
4 primary works
Book 1
Heart has no family. Found abandoned as a baby, she now lives a hard and lonely life in the dusty village of Ash Grove. Then one day she finds a scarred, skinny horse in the forest. Against the wishes of her mean-spirited guardian, Simon, Heart adopts the mare and names her Avamir. When she realises Avamir is in foal, heart is thrilled. And so too is Simon - now he has two horses he can sell to the slaughterhouse instead of one. But when the colt is born, heart finds him weak and with a strange bump on his forehead. A bump that begins to crack open, to reveal a silver point beneath...Heart realises that the horses are actually unicorns, magical creatures from ancient legend. But why are they here? And how is their destiny linked with Heart's own? Being creatures of legends, heart is afraid that if the unicorns aren't lead away from Ash Grove they will surely be captured and killed by the superstitious villagers. Can she find a way to protect them, and the only love she has ever known?
Book 2
An orphaned girl, a unicorn, a journey - follow Heart on her quest as she travels into the realms of legend in this thrilling new fantasy for young readers. Winter is nearly over and Heart is glad - but she is also afraid. Will Tin Blackaby's men start searching for her again? How long will it be before they find her? Ruth Oakes, Ash Grove's healer and her only friend, is the only one who knows where Heart is hiding - and what she is hiding - the unicorns - Avamir and Moonsilver. Heart knows that she can't hide in her cave forever. But where can she go? Where will the unicorns be safe? Should she head towards the mountains that haunt her dreams, white and grey, the colours of the moon? Instinctively Heart knows that they will be safe there. But the mountains are guarded by Lord Dunraven's men. It will take a miracle to get there - but an even bigger miracle awaits Heart and the unicorns in the Mountains of the Moon.
Book 3
An orphaned girl, a unicorn, a journey - follow Heart on her quest as she travels into the realms of legend in this thrilling new fantasy for young readers. Heart is sure that the small book she found in Lord Dunraven's castle holds the secret to finding a safe haven for her beloved unicorns, Moonsilver and Avamir - especially after a village blacksmith tells her about a pair of ancient iron gates that are decorated with the same unicorn motifs that appear in the book. Will the book also unlock the key to Heart's own memories and help her discover who she really is and where she came from - are the unicorn motifs on the gates the same as those on her blanket and in the book? What is on the other side of these gates and where does it lead to? As Heart struggles to learn how to read she knows that she must continue to protect the unicorns, but this is becoming harder and harder as Lord Dunraven's men close in on them...
Book 4
The long hard winter is at last over, but time is running out for Heart and her beloved unicorns. Heart is convinced that the old man from Castle Avamir can help her find her family - the only people she dares to trust with the Unicorn's secret. But the old man has been taken prisoner by Lord Dunraven. Heart's search for the truth is leading her into the most dangerous place of all: the depths of Dunraven's heavily guarded castle. Heart's quest is nearing its end - and what awaits her is beyond her wildest dreams...