ASIN: B00I2W0KXU
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 272
'Across the Bay' is a pacey, historical romance and murder mystery. It is set in the mid-eighteenth century during the years following the Battle of Culloden Moor. Its principal characters include strong female personalities, and they live on farms that surround a bay. The most powerful family, the Ramsays, is from the Protestant landed gentry and is divided over class and religion.Jack, their eldest son, returns home after a year in Europe to find his mother opposed to his decision to marry Rachel, their lowly but beautiful and talented ward. His mother is an iron-willed aristocrat who is opposed to any family marriage that would lower their status. To make matters worse, their Catholic cousin has a claim on their estates and mansion, which belonged to his side of the family before the rebellion. Within a few weeks, their lives become even more complicated. The Lowland clearances have ...
