Laura Black Ordine dei libri

Navigating the challenges of self-image and societal expectations, Laura transforms from an insecure girl into a successful businesswoman, prioritizing intellect over appearance. As a mother of three, she faces difficult choices while striving for success. However, her retirement brings feelings of loss and marginalization, as she grapples with aging, the empty nest syndrome, and the deaths of her parents. Through reflection on her past, she seeks a new sense of purpose and discovers a deeper kind of happiness, resonating with the experiences of many women.

Katie is an incurable tomboy. Roaming the Highland wilderness, she finds the haunting island of Eilean Fitheach with its ruined castle and spectacular landscape. But the locals shun the island and rumours abound concerning the strange powers surrounding the land. When Katie becomes entangled in a set of terrifying events, the island could turn out to be a her last refuge, or a place of extreme danger.

With a young heroine, so enchanting, so infectiously spirited that she's almost as irresistbile to the reader as she is to every man in the Lowlands in 1860...escaping recklessly from the prospect of a miserable marriage into a new life and finding a deep draught of freedom, a barrage of suitors and a whisper of madness...a shadowy past and unparalleled adventures, so numerous so dangerously exciting, so romantic...