'A classic story of love and hope' - Holly Kinsella, best-selling author of 'Uptown Girl'
Twenty year old Ceri Owen has a strong connection to her home high up in the Welsh valley.
After losing her parents at a young age, Ceri finds solace in the valleys where they settled and never dreams of a life elsewhere.
Accustomed to life in the small community, Ceri is devoted to helping her grandfather maintain the farm.
Although sheltered, Ceri does have someone to love.
Hugh Davies is her childhood sweetheart who Ceri expects she'll marry - one day.
But Ceri's expectations are thrown out of the window when a striking but domineering Scotsman named Mark Mackay, a newcomer to the area, introduces himself to Ceri.
To Ceri's surprise, Mark is actually one of her Grandpa's old acquaintances.
Threatened by Mark's forward and vibrant personality, Ceri decides that she doesn't trust him.
Ceri maintains her distance from this mysterious stranger but it's impossible to stay away when he's repairing the farm.
The pair grow closer but when Mark whisks Ceri off to meet the rest of the Mackay family, everything goes horribly wrong.
Ceri's friend Betsy tells her about Mark's ex-girlfriend Stella Jenkins and teasingly suggests Mark wants to make Ceri his wife.
Disgusted by this idea, all of her uneasiness and suspicions about Mark return.
Her grandfather dies of a heart condition and suddenly she's left all alone in the valley.
Her only hope of saving the farm is to strike a business deal with Mark but his agreement involves marriage to him for at least a year.
Ceri is stuck at a crossroads unsure what to do.
Can she trust this strange Scotsman?
What will become of her relationship with Hugh?
Will she manage to save her beloved farm?
And will she ever find love in Valley?
'A classic story of love and hope'. - Holly Kinsella, best-selling author of 'Uptown Girl'.
'A gripping read'. - Robert Foster, best-selling author of 'The Lunar Code'.
Gwen Kirkwood is the author of sixteen Scottish novels and six shorter romantic novellas, including 'A Question of Love' and 'A New Beginning'. She won the Elizabeth Goudge Trophy, judged by Richard Lee, when it was re-introduced to mark the millennium in 2000. She lives in Scotland.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Twenty year old Ceri Owen has a strong connection to her home high up in the Welsh valley.
After losing her parents at a young age, Ceri finds solace in the valleys where they settled and never dreams of a life elsewhere.
Accustomed to life in the small community, Ceri is devoted to helping her grandfather maintain the farm.
Although sheltered, Ceri does have someone to love.
Hugh Davies is her childhood sweetheart who Ceri expects she'll marry - one day.
But Ceri's expectations are thrown out of the window when a striking but domineering Scotsman named Mark Mackay, a newcomer to the area, introduces himself to Ceri.
To Ceri's surprise, Mark is actually one of her Grandpa's old acquaintances.
Threatened by Mark's forward and vibrant personality, Ceri decides that she doesn't trust him.
Ceri maintains her distance from this mysterious stranger but it's impossible to stay away when he's repairing the farm.
The pair grow closer but when Mark whisks Ceri off to meet the rest of the Mackay family, everything goes horribly wrong.
Ceri's friend Betsy tells her about Mark's ex-girlfriend Stella Jenkins and teasingly suggests Mark wants to make Ceri his wife.
Disgusted by this idea, all of her uneasiness and suspicions about Mark return.
Her grandfather dies of a heart condition and suddenly she's left all alone in the valley.
Her only hope of saving the farm is to strike a business deal with Mark but his agreement involves marriage to him for at least a year.
Ceri is stuck at a crossroads unsure what to do.
Can she trust this strange Scotsman?
What will become of her relationship with Hugh?
Will she manage to save her beloved farm?
And will she ever find love in Valley?
Praise for Gwen Kirkwood
'A classic story of love and hope'. - Holly Kinsella, best-selling author of 'Uptown Girl'.
'A gripping read'. - Robert Foster, best-selling author of 'The Lunar Code'.
Gwen Kirkwood is the author of sixteen Scottish novels and six shorter romantic novellas, including 'A Question of Love' and 'A New Beginning'. She won the Elizabeth Goudge Trophy, judged by Richard Lee, when it was re-introduced to mark the millennium in 2000. She lives in Scotland.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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