Riders by Jilly Cooper is a steamy prequel to Rivals set in the decadent 1980s show jumping scene. This classic British romance offers an intoxicating blend of adventure and high jinks. Ideal for reading before Season 2 of Rivals comes out on Disney+.
Riders offers an intoxicating blend of swooning romance, adventure and hilarious high jinks. Brooding hero Jake Lovell, under whose magic hands even the most difficult horse or woman is charmed, is driven by his loathing of the dashing darling of the show ring, Rupert Campbell-Black. Having pinched each other's horses and drunk their way around the capitals of Europe, the feud between the two men finally erupts with devastating consequences at the Los Angeles Olympics.
A classic bestseller, Riders takes the lid off international show jumping, a sport where the brave horses are almost human, but the humans behave like animals.
'Sex and horses: who could ask for more?' Sunday Telegraph
'Wildly entertaining' 'Pure racy escapism' 'Rupert really is as fabulous as people say!'
Jilly Cooper, Sunday Times bestseller, May 2024.
Jilly Cooper is a journalist, author and media superstar. The author of many number one bestselling books, she lives in Gloucestershire. She has been awarded honorary doctorates by the Universities of Gloucestershire and Anglia Ruskin, and won the inaugural Comedy Women in Print lifetime achievement award in 2019. She was also appointed DBE in 2024 for services to literature and charity.
