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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Creature Comforts Creature Comforts Jessica Stirling Elspeth and Anna Patterson of Balnesmoor have married well: Elspeth to a wealthy wool merchant, Anna to the son of a respected factor. But they are not happy. The two married sisters, leading oddly p… OL10614337W
The Wind from the Hills The Wind from the Hills Jessica Stirling An epic of love, greed and betrayal set on the beautiful, remote Isle of Mull... For Innis and Biddy, daughters of the embittered Vassie Campbell, life has changed greatly from the days when they wer… OL10614343W
The dark pasture The dark pasture Jessica Stirling 1890s. Seventeen years have passed and the Lanarkshire mining village of Blacklaw has weathered both depression and the driving ambition of its coalmaster. But at last, falling wages have driven the … OL10614345W
The Deep Well at Noon The Deep Well at Noon Jessica Stirling Holly Beckman was a gifted and determined Jewish young. She suddenly inherited a share in the antique shop where she'd worked as a dedicated apprentice, it was the beginning of both her climb to succ… OL10614346W
Hearts of Gold Hearts of Gold Jessica Stirling,Jessica Stirling Elspeth and Anna Patterson of Balnesmoor have married well: Elspeth to a wealthy wool merchant, Anna to the son of a respected factor. But they are not happy. The two married sisters, leading oddly p… OL10614347W
The Hiring Fair The Hiring Fair Jessica Stirling Set in the Scotland of the bleak 1870s, in the Colliery at Blacklaw, the dangerous work has taken the lives of many men. But the Stalkers dream of a better future. In Edinburgh, Drew Stalker studies … OL10614352W
Treasures on Earth Treasures on Earth Jessica Stirling Scotland 1791: on a wild November night, highlander Gaddy Paterson strays into the staid lowland parish of Balnesmoor, and stumbles on a dead girl and her abandoned baby. Gaddy adopts the child but w… OL10614353W
The drums of time The drums of time Jessica Stirling Holly Beckman was a gifted and determined Jewish young. She suddenly inherited a share in the antique shop where she'd worked as a dedicated apprentice, it was the beginning of both her climb to succ… OL17308662W
A Kiss and a Promise A Kiss and a Promise Jessica Stirling Servant girl Betsy McBride thinks she has as much right as any girl to set her cap at Tom Brodie, the most dashing young man in the district. When her master asks her to help out the Brodie family sh… OL19089866W
The wayward wife The wayward wife Jessica Stirling The war everyone dreaded has begun at last but for Susan Cahill it is more an adventure than a tragedy. Helped by a white lie about her marriage to Danny she has a new job as a producer's assistant a… OL20815855W
Blessings in disguise Blessings in disguise Jessica Stirling Glasgow is a city teeming with immigrants, rich and poor, schemers and victims alike. And the McKennas, fresh from Ireland, have no intention of being victims. When Nolan McKenna and his sisters arri… OL21407328W
The Blue Evening Gone The Blue Evening Gone Jessica Stirling Though the Great Depression has brought misery to many, Holly Beckman has a thriving art business, a devoted husband and a son she adores. Until the holiday in Monte Carlo where for the first time sh… OL86280W
The Island Wife The Island Wife Jessica Stirling On the beautiful island of Mull off Scotland's wild west coast, Vassie Campbell has scraped a precarious living by raising cattle on a parcel of land that lies close to the sprawling estate of Fetter… OL86286W
Strathmore Strathmore Jessica Stirling In Victorian Scotland, poor single girls were not supposed to fall in love with rich married men... OL86291W
The Welcome Light The Welcome Light Jessica Stirling Only love for their son holds Kirsty and Craig Nicholson's stormy marriage together. But when a crippling disease strikes the child, Craig's adamant male pride turns to tenderness and concern, and Ki… OL86292W
The Piper's Tune The Piper's Tune Jessica Stirling Jessica Stirling's Glasgow comes to scintillating life in a story of love and fortune set in Edwardian Scotland. Lindsay Franklin's life is an adventure she has just begun to enjoy. At eighteen, A… OL86296W
Shadows on the Shore Shadows on the Shore Jessica Stirling 1790. In Europe, the war against the French rages. In Ayrshire, a different kind of battle begins... Once, Frederick Striker betrayed her, then abandoned Clare thirteen years earlier. Now, Clare Quin… OL86303W
The Workhouse Girl The Workhouse Girl Jessica Stirling Robert Montague, a fiery preacher with an adventurous past, is a perfect catch for any girl in the parish of Ravenshill. Stockbroker Cuthbert Armitage certainly thinks so and sets his daughters, Cass… OL86305W
The Spoiled Earth The Spoiled Earth Jessica Stirling The mining disaster of 1875 killed the men of the Stalker family, but it could not kill their ambitions, pride, or love for one another. Alex Stalker's last command was to forge a better life for Dre… OL86306W