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The Girl Who Fled the Picture by Jane Anderson
A girl who won’t conform. A journey across 18th Century Europe. A dangerous pursuit of forbidden love. 1742, Constantinople. Fifteen-year-old Isabella dons Turkish dress to pose for her portrait. The touch of the artist’s apprentice freeing her from corsets and draping her in sensuous silk unleashes a passion that changes her life forever. Fleeing to Rome to avoid an arranged marriage, Isabella rebuilds her life … Read More The Girl Who Fled the Picture by Jane Anderson
+ adventure, fiction, haunting, Historical fiction, love, review, Scotland, Scottish Highlands, supernatural, witchcraft
Outcast by Claire Voet
In 1945 Molly Hazleton is heartbroken when her fiancé doesn’t return from the war after being reported “missing in action.” So when Aunt Daphne comes to visit with news of having bought a 17th century manor house at auction in Scotland, Molly welcomes the opportunity to start afresh and help her aunt turn Aberdoch Manor into a hotel. With a strange sense of déjà vu, … Read More Outcast by Claire Voet
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