The Unicorn's Secret Series

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

The Silver Thread

by Kathleen Duey

Published 1 December 2001

Book 3

The Silver Bracelet

by Kathleen Duey

Published 1 April 2002

Book 4

Mountains of the Moon

by Kathleen Duey

Published 1 July 2002

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 5

The Sunset Gates

by Kathleen Duey

Published 1 December 2002

Book 6

True Heart

by Kathleen Duey

Published 1 April 2003

In the beautiful armor Joseph Lequire has created for Moonsilver, no one can tell he is a unicorn. It's safe for Heart to travel to Bidenfast, where she hopes to find her Gypsy friends. But the streets are jammed with people in town for the crowning of the new Lord Irmaedith, and the young lord himself takes a special interest in the unicorns. Will Heart be able to keep her secret?

Book 7

Castle Avamir

by Kathleen Duey

Published 1 August 2003

It has been a long, hard winter, and the Gypsies are glad to be leaving Lord Levin's mountains for the sunny plains of Lord Kaybale's lands. But that means time is running out for Heart. The old stories say that Castle Avamir is higher than the clouds, deep in a valley, under the stars, and over the moon.

It makes no sense -- but if Heart can't solve the riddle, she might never find a safe haven for her beloved unicorns.

Book 8

The Journey Home

by Kathleen Duey

Published 1 December 2003

Book 8

The Journey Home

by Kathleen Duey

Published 1 December 2003

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...

The Unicorn's Secret Collection (Boxed Set)

by Kathleen Duey

Published 30 October 2018