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I have already downloaded this book and I look forward to reading it over Christmas.
There is nothing I enjoy more than relaxing with some really engrossing books after the main celebrations at this time of year.
Now for my own bargain quartet.
Here are the other two Fairlyden books with links to Amazon where they can be downloaded for 99p until 14th January 2013
Family at Fairlyden
In 1906, Beth Jamieson, is a little girl of eight, with
honey gold curls, blue eyes and the sweetest nature. Her father is Mistress
Fairly’s right-hand man and when Nick’s wife dies, Sarah Fairly treats Beth as
her own.
Sarah’s daughter Sadie is jealous and does everything she
can to prevent the growing relationship between the small girl and Logan,
Sadie’s youngest brother: `She’s a labourer’s brat! She’ll never be mistress
here! Never!’ she is heard to say. Yet, sharp tongued and vicious though she
is, Sadie fails to stop the first childish closeness then, as the years roll
by, the encompassing love that draws Logan and Beth together.
Throughout the country, the early years of the century are a
time of social change: in London suffragettes chain themselves to railings and
the Kaiser visits the King; in the Scottish borders, the Fairlys witness the
first motor cars and increasing mechanization on the local farms, while on the
far horizons dark clouds of war are massing.
Although Logan would rather breed cows and horses and stay
with Beth at Fairlyden, he knows he must fight. As they take their leave beside
the burn, one soft autumn day, the lovers cannot foresee the problems, the
heartbreak and the joys which the future holds. Or who will inherit Fairlyden.
As the third volume in this magnificent Fairlyden quartet,
The Family at Fairlyden takes up the moving love story of Beth and Logan while
also chronicling the continuing saga of the Fairly family in this beautiful
corner of rural Scotland.
Fairlyden at War Book
4
It is the 1930’s with men desperate for work and food. Fairlyden
has survived due to Logan’s skill and his wife’s thrift. Their daughter, Kirsty
is proud of her father’s achievements but her brother, Luke is afraid of
animals and his fear leads to tragedy.
James MacFarlane has spent his first twenty three years learning
all he can from Logan Fairly at Fairlyden. So when he chooses to live with his
great-uncle at Nithanvale, the Fairly family’s greatest rival, Kirsty feels
betrayed. To make matters worse she is jealous of Mary MacFarlane, who is the
last of the MacFarlane line, along with her half cousin.
Kirsty’s responsibilities are heavy when the second world
war breaks out and they are increased when evacuees arrive at Fairlyden but
her sense of humour sees her through and her determination to keep the farm never
wavers
Aw, thank you so much for this, Gwen! Have a wonderful Christmas.
ReplyDeleteWonderful Christmas to you too Rosemary with your lovely baby granddaughter.
ReplyDeleteIt would help if I learned to check my spelling!Apologies for that.