Women of the Dunes by Sarah Maine #BookReview

It is the women who are keepers of tales. Atmospheric, intoxicating and filled with intrigue, this sweeping novel is an epic story spanning the centuries, that links three women together across history. Libby Snow spent her childhood hearing stories and legends from long ago. Now an archaeologist, her job is to dig deeper into the

A Mountain of Memories by ChristineCampbell #Historical fiction #Mystery #Romance

  A childhood trip from Edinburgh to explore Caitlin’s family’s history results in tragedy on a mountainside above the village of Kinlochleven. As an adult she is still affected by the events that took place there, though most of her memories of that day were lost as a result of its trauma. Over a century

The Mermaid and the Bear by Ailish Sinclair #BookReview #RBRT #NewRelease

Isobell needs to escape. She has to. Her life depends on it. She has a plan and it’s a well thought-out, well observed plan, to flee her privileged life in London and the cruel man who would marry her, and ruin her, and make a fresh start in Scotland. She dreams of faery castles, surrounded

The Spider and the Stone: A Novel of Scotland’s Black Douglas by Glen Craney

As the 14th century dawns, Scotland’s survival hangs by a spider’s thread. While the clans fight among themselves for the empty throne, Edward Longshanks of England schemes to annex the ancient northern kingdom to his Plantagenet realm. But one frail, dark-skinned lad stands in the brutal monarch’s path.  James Douglas is cherished by his fellow