The Strathavon Saga (#1-2) by Angela MacRae Shanks
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Overview: Angela MacRae Shanks was born in Garmouth, a village near the mouth of the River Spey in northeast Scotland, and still lives near here. Her mother was born in Strathavon, a real place, and this remote glen is very dear to her heart. Here she first heard tales of the dramatic history of the area, its people and their struggles, and became fascinated by it.
Growing up in Moray, a beautiful part of Scotland known as ‘malt whisky country’, an interest in the area’s illicit past grew, particularly the smuggling of whisky and the reasons behind it. Her fascination with the natural world and the folklore of the Highlands, combined with her training in natural therapies spawned a need to weave herbal lore into her tales. Those who healed using plants and the wisdom of nature, usually women, were often condemned as witches – she felt the need to explore this injustice. And so The Strathavon Saga was born.
Genre: Fiction > Romance > Historical > Scotland
Under a Gravid Sky (Strathavon Saga #1):
In A Ravaged Land, Can Two Wounded Souls Find Love?
The North-Eastern Highlands, 1747. In the weeks following Culloden, a victorious Hanoverian army rampages through the glens, committing atrocities, intent on crushing the rebellious Highland clans. In occupied Strathavon, persecuted families struggle under repressive new laws and rent rises. Five-year-old Rowena loses her mother, while Duncan witnesses the brutal events that make him an orphan.
A sensitive child told she must harden herself, Rowena turns to Morna, the green woman, who takes her on a journey of discovery into the magic of the natural world, passing on her healing skills. But as she blossoms into a woman, Rowena catches the eye of Hugh McBeath, a ruthless exciseman sent to extinguish the scourge of whisky smuggling from the Duke of Gordon’s lands. Beguiled, McBeath believes her a witch. Nevertheless, he must have her for his wife.
Smuggling illicit whisky has long been a tradition in Strathavon; the fiery spirit brings coin for paying rents. Now smuggling is deemed a traitorous act that helped fund the Jacobite Rising. Duncan is the best smuggler the glen has ever seen, but having hidden while his family burned, how can he ever be worthy of tender-hearted Rowena?
The Blood And The Barley (Strathavon Saga #2):
An Evocative Tale of Smuggling and Survival. Loyalty and Love.
The North-Eastern Highlands, 1780. The Jacobite cause is lost, and in the repressive aftermath of Culloden, the government seeks to crush the ancient and proud clan system. In Strathavon, crofters risk their lives smuggling illicit whisky to scrape together the means to remain on the precious land of their fathers. For here land and kinship mean all. And eviction is a fate held in dread.
Fiercely independent, Morven MacRae is the daughter of a notorious smuggler. To be a healer like her enigmatic neighbour is her greatest wish. Only her neighbour is allegedly a witch, her life and those of the glen smugglers blighted by a ruthless exciseman. A man possessed – both with the want of her and the fear of her.
Evicted from Strathavon as an infant, Jamie Innes is driven by honour and an abiding loyalty. To protect his kinswoman and her young apprentice, he will risk his life. Only secrets set them against each other, loyalties are tested, and superstitions abound. To save his last remaining kin, Jamie must let the woman he loves believe he’s betrayed her.
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