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Synopsis

Scotland’s Greatest Storyteller.

Mid-Victorian Glasgow comes to life in Jessica Sterling’s latest story of greed, ambition and true love triumphing against all odds.

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 arrived unannounced on Cissie Cassidy’s doorstep claiming to be her late husband’s long lost relatives, the lonely window is all too willing to be taken in and trusting enough to help them find them a foothold in the city.

While Nolan wields a shovel for twelve back-breaking hours a day, the beautiful, trusting Clare takes up with the wrong man instead of the collection agent who yearns to make her his bride. Sharp-witted and pretty, Evie is made of more ambitious stuff and uses her job behind the bar of the Harp of Erin to attract the attentions of Russell Blackstock, builder and land-speculator, who owns half the tenements on Clydeside-and plans to own still more.

The worlds of the wealthy Blakstocks and the penniless McKennas are set on a collision course that will mean huge changes for them, and for the city they live in.

Press Reviews

‘Stirling is a wonderful storyteller.’ - Booklist

’Jessica Stirling’s high reputation is well deserved’. - Manchester Evening News

About the Author

Born in Glasgow, Jessica Stirling is the author of nearly thirty novels, many with Scottish backgrounds. Her most recent is One True Love. Others include The Captive Heart’ and The Wind from the Hills , which was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists Association annual award.