Previously published as The Laird of Lochandee. A heartwarming and moving story about secrets, family and the power of love, set in enchanting Scotland during the Second World War. Scotland, 1940s. Sixteen-year-old Rachel O’Brian is heartbroken and alone. The unexpected death of her beloved father turns her world upside down. She gratefully accepts a home with the Maxwell family, old friends of her father, though she barely knows them. But she is woefully unprepared for the matriarch, Gertrude’s malice; no one understands it. Life is hard for Rachel, toiling on the Maxwell farm under the hateful eye of Gertrude. But the younger Maxwells welcome Rachel with open arms, especially Ross. Slowly, the two fall in love and Rachel once again tentatively allows herself to dream of a future. But tragedy strikes once more when Ross suddenly disappears during a business trip away. Could the war have claimed another victim? Or is this the work of a sinister force closer to home? Without his protection, Gertrude seizes the chance to throw Rachel out. Destitute and heartbroken once more, Rachel must gather her strength and courage to find Ross—both for herself, and her unborn child . . . Set against the looming shadow of the Second World War, this is a sweeping, beautiful story of one woman’s courage against all the odds.

Continuing the story of the Maxwell family and friends introduced in The Laird Of Lochandee Following the Second World War, life for the farming folk at the Glens of Lochandee is tough. Nevertheless, Conan Maxwell's new garage is doing well. When old schoolfriend Fiona Sinclair returns to live nearby everyone is delighted - except, perhaps, her old childhood rival, Conan. Yet Rachel Maxwell - in these troubled times - still worries for the long-term future of her beloved Glens of Lochandee . . .

Previously published as Children of the Glen. Scotland, 1950. Matriarch of the Maxwell family, Rachel Maxwell, has many reasons to feel proud. Her two older children are happily married with prospering businesses and lives. Rachel’s only worry is her youngest child Ewan—at twenty-one, he is more naïve and sheltered than others. Ewan wanders through life carefree and without any direction. When a young woman named Gerda arrives at the Maxwell family party, she immediately catches Ewan’s eye. But Rachel can’t shake a feeling of unease—she senses a deep darkness lurking behind Gerda’s mesmerizing blue eyes. Ewan, blinded by love, marries Gerda, and their union soon sparks a terrible chain of events that threaten the entire family and community. Can Rachel save her family from Gerda’s malice before she changes their lives forever?