Prince Alley Em of Loafing Hills Farm

About the Book

Prince Alley Em is Mary Ann Powell’s second book published.  It’s a sequel to her first book, Emerson.  The story takes you comfortably back into life at the Spencer family’s Loafing Hills Horse Farm, located at the foothills of Sugarloaf Mountain, in Maryland.  The farm maintains horses used for breaking, schooling, showing and trail riding.  Along with showing jumpers and hunters, Carol and her friend Gloria try new adventures - riding in Combined Training, working with a rescue farm, a riding school for therapeutic children, polo events, and even the Miniature Horse scene and shows.  As you join this irresistible family in your reading you’ll find yourself cheering, laughing, and sometimes even crying as they share their love for each other and dedication to their horses.  If you have love for horses in your heart, you’ll enjoy this story of life at Loafing Hills Farm.

About the Author

Mary Ann Powell was born and raised in Washington, D.C.  She left the city when she was twenty-one years of age and moved to Poolesville, Maryland, settling on a small horse farm.  She married, and she and  her husband, Don, raised their three children.  The whole family worked every day with the horses on the farm.  They broke, schooled and showed horses for many years. 

When the children reached high school age, she decided to take a position in the Guidance department at the local high school.  Twenty-eight years later she retired and took up her passion for writing.  All the ‘horse-happenings’ portrayed in her books are derived from events which happened right there on the farm.