Christina Jones
Going the Distance
London, Orion, 1997, 309 pp.
Maddy Beckett lives in Milton St John, where there are more horses and horse people
than anything else. She is
running her own business, and has recovered form a disastrous
relationship. Then she meets Drew Fitzgerald, and
everything is going swimmingly
there until his cool and elegant wife appears.
Christina Jones was born in Oxford, and grew up in Berkshire. Her full time writing career has taken her a little time to achieve: she has done 27 jobs, and has been sacked from 19 of them because she was writing rather than working. Her first short story was published when she was 14, and her romance Dancing in the Moonlight was published in serial form. At the Romantic Novelists’ Association lunch in 1995, she was approached by an agent who suggested she try a full length novel. Going the Distance was the result. She writes what she describes as “bucolic frolic romantic comedy novels”. Her grandfather was a jockey, which provided the horsy background for three of her novels, Going the Distance and Jumping to Conclusions.
Finding the books: still in print, and easy to find.
Links and sources:
Christina Jones’ website
Christina Jones’ blog
Bibliography -
Jumping to Conclusions
HarperCollins, London, 1999, 502 pp.
This carries on the story of the characters of Going the Distance: Jemima hates
horses. She opens a local bookshop
and becomes involved in various village huhas.
There are plenty of jockeys about, who attempt to alter her view on racing.
Dancing in the Moonlight
London, Orion, 1997, 309 pp.
A novella: Kit and Rosa’s romance is set against a background of racing.
