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Medieval Scotland, a time of French-speaking Normans
occupying the land with Gaelic-speaking Scots, a time of jousts, of miraculous
healings at famous sites, and of fairies in the forest.
Sixteen-year-old Jenny, the second daughter of a lord,
is thrust into the role of the eldest daughter, including marrying well, when
her sister Isabel shames the family by sneaking out of her father’s house with
the intention of marrying a knight. But everything went wrong, and Isabel is
back in the family in penance, awaiting her fate - will she have to spend the
rest of her life with Cistercian nuns? Jenny is concerned for her sister, who
seems to have shut out her entire family.
In the meantime, Jenny attracts the attention of a
well-placed Scottish family, which has been charged with finding King David’s
brother, Earl William, a wife. Eager to please her father, she travels to
various households, attends jousts, and tries hard to win the Earl’s (a
well-known womanizer) affection. Yet a strange newcomer, rumoured to have been
touched by fairies, has come into her life. Although her father has warned her
not to, Jenny can't help visiting the nearby ruined house, where Tam is
residing. Tam is unlike any man she has ever met, and she finds herself
confiding in him. But Is he helping her or is he having fun with her? And why
does she feel so strangely attracted to this man who doesn’t seem to be from
this life?
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Dragon Seer
Enslaved since early childhood, Madoca is astonished to be chosen as dragon seer, one who will care for the dragons of Orkney. But people now question the age-old traditions that placed the dragons at the very heart of her society, and one of the older dragon seers has made enemies among the...
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The Raintree Rebellion
Blake Raintree, the heroine of The Secret Under My Skin , is now 18, returning to the city of her birth as an aide to a justice council charged with trying to address the wrongs of the technocaust. While in the city, Blake submits the ID code from the microchip that was implanted in her arm in...
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To Dance at the Palais Royale
The bewitching story of Aggie, a 17-year-old Scottish girl who comes to Canada in 1928 to work as a domestic servant in a wealthy Toronto home, won numerous literary awards when it was first published almost 10 years ago. To Dance at the Palais Royale captured the following honours: • The...
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