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Christopher Wylie has been commissioned to build a bridge to carry the new rail-way.He knows that this will be his last so he designs a bridge of exceptional bebeauty.His daughter Emma Jane is the one who realises her father's dream...

Thirteen years have passed since the railway came to the Borders, bringing changes that would radically alter the lives of the people who lived there. Yet the steam train was not the only legacy from the men who built the railway – in their wake they left several fatherless children. One such child is Kitty Scott . Wild through neglect and an outcast within the community, Kitty is a loner… until she rescues newcomer Marie Benjamin from the taunts of her classmates – the same taunts that have clouded Kitty’s own life. So begins a friendship that lasts beyond their childhood in the Scottish Borders, to Edinburgh, London, and finally Paris, where the influence of heredity comes full circle and friendship’s true worth is recognised. The second book in the A Bridge In Time series, this is a n engaging saga of hope and love for fans of Tessa Barclay and Val Wood.

A scandal will change the lives of two women forever... Veronica Hay is an acclaimed beauty but her downward spiral begins the moment she enters into a loveless marriage that removes her from her home in Edinburgh to Berwickshire. From there, she begins a luckless affair with Sire Alexander Renton which helps her to forget her longing for the fashions and energy of Edinburgh. Her husband seeks revenge, driving Veronica's story to a tragic end. Veronica's adultery causes a scandal, but it might be the making of her devoted friend and maidservant, Helen Cameron, who rises to become part of Edinburgh's New Town story all on her own. A gripping Scottish saga based on true events, perfect for fans of Tessa Barclay and Dilly Court.

"When Brabazon Nairn's family make their home in one of the tiny flats of Perseverance Place it is because her husband has been forced into bankruptcy. They must relinquish their fine brewer's mansion, although they vow to recover it. Brabazon and Duncan find, to their relief, that the Place soon numbers them amongst their own. Apart from their former employee, Tom Lambert, a man who will stop at nothing to take revenge on those he is convinced did him wrong... "--Publisher

In this sequel to "The Storm," widowed Rosabelle Maltman moves to London after the violent storm that devastated her village of Eyemouth. Now, as Rosabelle's sister-in-law Jessie manipulates the menfolk of the village, their mother-in-law Effie helps the villagers look to the future.

When Scottish village is struck by grief those left behind must help one another find hope. It is 1881, and when a violent storm devastates the Scottish fishing village of Eyemouth few families escape unscathed. Newly wed Rosabelle Maltman loses her husband, and her mother-in-law Effie lost her husband and three sons. For these women and their neighbours in the close-knit community life will never be the same again. Yet as the months pass, the women of Eyemouth must learn to look to the future, to live and to love again. A dramatic and heart-breaking saga based on true events for fans of Ellie Dean and Anna Jacobs.

Can Lark take the path of the woman who went before her and learn to follow her heart? Lark is a much-loved forces sweetheart spreading comfort as she sings in the music halls while Scotland’s sons fight in the Great War. But despite her fortune, Lark yearns for a life away from the crowds. She sets out to make a fresh start in the Border country seeking the contentment that has eluded her. Decades earlier, Lark’s great-grandmother, Jane , found herself in the same hills, in unhappy circumstances. Yet the beauty of the land brought peace to her when all hope seemed lost. A poignant and atmospheric multigenerational saga for fans of Val Wood and Tessa Barlcay.

Opening with the Tay Bridge disaster of 1879, and extending through World War II, Elizabeth McNeill's fourth novel is a Scottish saga built around the city of Dundee and one woman, Lizzie, and her family.