A WARM AND POIGNANT SAGA OF CLYDEBANK AND THE WEST OF SCOTLAND 'Well researched and colourful, believable characters make this an enjoyable read' - BOOKLIST It's 1925 and Kate Cameron is just sixteen when she's taken on at Donaldson's shipyard on the Clyde, her dreams of art college shattered. Kate attends art classes at weekends and it's there that she meets elegant Jack Drummond, who's from a world far removed from the shabby backstreets where Kate grew up. Though she's streetwise, Kate's not equipped to recognise trouble when it's disguised by charm. She has to turn to Robbie Baxter, the boy next door who has always loved her. But she daren't tell him the truth - which means their whole future is based on a secret which could reveal itself at any time...

The River Flows On (Ulverscroft Large Print Series)

Craig, Maggie

Romance

Ulverscroft Crown

The Stationmaster's Daughter

<p>"Few writers evoke all five senses so strongly." - SCOTS MAGAZINE Carrie Burgess has led a charmed life. Her father's the stationmaster at Partick, a job with a house and garden attached. Carrie's only problem is her mother's determination to come between her and Ewen Livingstone - she thinks Carrie could do better than a railway labourer - Matt Campbell, a clerk, is a much more attractive prospect. But when her father dies suddenly, the women are forced to move and money is tight. Worried about her mother's health, Carrie lets her head rule her heart and she marries Matt. It's the worst mistake of her life...</p>

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

When The Lights Come On Again

When the Lights Come on Again

Headline

One Sweet Moment

Allison and Busby

Since losing their parents, Kate and Andrew have been living with their cold-hearted aunt and uncle within the vaults of Edinburgh’s South Bridge. Worked relentlessly by day and tormented at night, Kate has little chance to dream of the future or to secure a different way of life for herself and her younger brother. Then one day Richard Hope walks into her life. A wealthy, upper-class student studying to become a doctor at the University, Richard knows that he and Kate come from very different worlds, but as soon as he lays his eyes upon her, he knows she is the girl for him. Instantly smitten, Richard vows to do whatever it takes to spend his time with her.

British & Irish

Edinburgh, Yuletide 1743, and Redcoat officer Robert Catto would rather be anywhere else on earth than Scotland. Seconded back from the wars in Europe to captain the city's Town Guard, he fears his covert mission to assess the strength of the Jacobite threat will force him to confront the past he tries so hard to forget.Christian Rankeillor, her surgeon-apothecary father and his apprentice Jamie Buchan of Balnamoon are hiding a Jacobite agent with a price on his head in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary: a hanging offence.As they pick their way through a labyrinth of intrigue, Catto and Christian Rankeillor are both increasingly drawn to each other and increasingly forced to question their own deeply-held political beliefs and convictions: and deadly danger lurks in the flickering shadows around every corner.Gathering Storm is the first in a suite of Jacobite novels by Scottish writer, historian and Jacobite expert Maggie Craig, author of the ground-breaking and acclaimed Damn Rebel Bitches: The Women of the 45.

Gathering Storm (Storm Over Scotland)

Historical

Alligin Books

<p>‘Well written and gripping. This was a turbulent time for Scotland and the story makes the best of this background, with much plotting, spying and secrets.’ (Net Galley Reviewer) ‘… as the mystery surrounding the Jacobite plotters grows ever deeper, so the hint of danger to both Catto and Rankeillor continually threatens to engulf them.’ (@Jaffareadstoo)December 1743: In a snow-swept Edinburgh, Redcoat Captain Robert Catto and surgeon-apothecary’s daughter Christian Rankeillor face each other across a divide no bridge can cross. She's in deadly danger: not least from him.His investigations have turned up compelling evidence of a real threat posed to the House of Hanover by a plan to restore the House of Stuart to the British throne. Two of those at the heart of Jacobite political intrigue in Scotland are Patrick Rankeillor and his daughter Christian. Yet with each day that passes and despite their very different and deeply-held views, Robert and Kirsty are falling ever more deeply in love.Robert Catto always does his duty. It's all he's ever had to hold on to: but he's in danger too. Forced to confront his difficult past and a family connection that could call his loyalty to the crown into question, he could be risking the ruin of his military career. And then there’s runaway Geordie Smart, his sister Alice and young African boy, Joshua. All three have been cruelly treated by a family of bored and cruel members of the gentry. Robert Catto and Christian Rankeillor stand ready to help Geordie, Alice and Joshua but that’s not going to be easy. How is Robert Catto to reconcile doing his duty with his feelings for Christian Rankeillor? And how is she to balance her commitment to her father, their friends and the Stuart Cause with her feelings for Robert Catto?The Storm over Scotland Books are standalone but follow the story of Christian Rankeillor and Robert Catto as their two very different worlds continue to collide.The Storm over Scotland Series GATHERING STORMDANCE TO THE STORMSTORM TOSSED MOON (Forthcoming)</p>

Dance to the Storm (Storm Over Scotland)

When the Lights Come on Again (Glasgow and Clydebank Sagas)

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