Elisabeth McNeill is een gevestigde freelance journalist en omroepster, die vijf non-fictie boeken en dertien romans heeft geschreven. Haar literaire werk kenmerkt zich door een diepgaande exploratie van de menselijke psyche en complexe karakters. Ze onderzoekt vaak thema's als identiteit, relaties en de zoektocht naar betekenis. Haar schrijfstijl is boeiend en toegankelijk, wat haar tot een gewaardeerde auteur maakt.
A dreadful storm that hit Eyemouth, a small fishing village on the English-Scottish border, in 1881, virtually destroying its fishing fleet and killing more than 100 fishermen. She describes how the women and children of the devastated village have fared in the years following the tragedy, focusing particularly on Effie, Jessie, and Rosabelle, all of whom lost their husbands or sons and all of whom have dealt with their grief in very different ways.
A wonderful novel set in 1950s Edinburgh, continuing the story of ambitious young reporter Rosa Makepeace from Hot News Things have changed recently in the Evening Dispatch newsroom: Rosa has a new rival for the position of the Dispatch?'s most ambitious recruit ?{ Charles Rutland. However, when Rosa?'s friend Patricia has a fall, Charles and Rosa must team up their investigative skills to piece together the truth behind the accident.
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.
"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
When a chance for freedom arrives will she dare to take it? Odilie Rutherford is known in the small Scottish town of Lauriston for two things - her beauty, and her father, Canny. As a self-made man, Canny has the wealth he dreamed of but not the status and hatches a plan to marry his daughter to local bachelor of note the Duke of Maudesley. Yet Odilie cannot bear the thought of a life with the ill-mannered Duke, and when the annual summer fair arrives in town for three days she seizes a chance to enjoy the freedom she craves. But as the carnival atmosphere fills the town, Odilie will find her life changes in ways she could never have imagined. A captivating Scottish saga perfect 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.