Unbridled: A scandalous read full of romantic entanglements and rivalry
By (Author) K.L. McKain
Hachette Children's Group
Hodder Children's Books
24th February 2026
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Ponies, horses and related animals
Paperback
320
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
Three couples. Two rival stables. One unforgettable summer. A steamy romance full of entanglements and rivalries, perfect for fans of Rivals.
Issues of class, sex, money - and occasionally love - play out on the polo fields and paddocks of a wealthy village where rich kids Bex, Hugo, Freddieand Luella have grown up. Everything changes when Carrie, a feisty truth-teller who loves horses, moves to the area. Carrie quicklyattracts Freddie's notice when she starts working at his family's stables. But disaster strikes when Freddie's favourite horseis poisoned, causing her rider to fall during a polo match and seriously injure himself. Evidence points to Kit, a groom from a rival stable, being the culprit. But Carrie has reason to believe that somebody has framed her new friend Kit. Fearless and fiercely loyal, she'll stop at nothing to find the true culprit -even if it gets in the way of the romance that's blooming between her and Freddie . . . In a village where everyone knows everyone, how can you tell who's out to get youK.L. McKain is the UK-based author of over fifty children's/YA books and has been published in more than twenty languages. Among her fiction series are the best-selling Totally Lucy books, the Pony Camp Diaries, Rainbow Beauty, Animal SOS, Mermaid Rock and Half a Sister. Her new middle grade series about a mindfulness club, The Feeling Good Club, is out now. You can visit K.L.'s website at www.kellymckain.co.uk. She lives in the beautiful Surrey Hills in the UK with her awesome teenagers, and loves natural horsemanship, dance, yoga and magic.