The Family At Fairlyden
Gwen Kirkwood
“Never trust Sadie Fairly”. These are Agnes Jamieson’s last words to her niece Beth.
Since Beth Jamieson’s mother died, Sarah Fairly, Sadie’s mother, raised Beth like one of her own.
Sarah tried to bring up Beth and Sadie as sisters but it was more complicated than that; Sadie saw Beth as a servant and Beth was terrified of Sadie.
But as Beth gets older, she grows closer to Sarah’s youngest son, Logan.
Sadie, gripped by jealousy, destroys any small bit of happiness in Beth’s life.
The closer Beth gets to Logan, the crueller Sadie becomes.
But Everything changes in 1914 – not just for Fairlyden, but for the world.
With the Great War and Logan’s 18th birthday fast approaching, Logan is determined to sign up before he’s conscripted.
Against her better judgement, Sarah turns a blind eye to the blossoming relationship between Logan and Beth.
Frightened of Sadie’s scorn, Beth delays her marriage to Logan until after his return.
But it’s too late: Beth is pregnant and Sadie knows it.
When Sadie’s actions grow increasingly alarming and her temper flares out of control, things reach a fever pitch.
Will Sarah notice in time to stop it?
Or is she too distracted by her ever growing feelings for Crispin Bradshaw, Logan’s secret father?
Will Logan and Beth have their happy ending?
Will Logan ever find out the truth to his parentage?
Family At Fairlyden is the moving and evocative third novel of a quartet of life on the land in nineteenth-century Scotland. It is a romantic but realistic take on life and love during the Great War, set against the Scottish highlands. It follows Mistress of Fairlyden.
Praise for The Family At Fairlyden:
“This saga just gets better and better and the final book in the quartet is anticipated eagerly by this reader” - SB Dumfries & Galloway Standard.
Praise for the Fairlyden series:
“Romance with a capital R” - Manchester Evening News
“A dramatic period tale set in the villages and countryside of Lowland Scotland”. - Fife Free Press
“An enjoyable family saga of life in nineteenth century Scotland, when country people lived close to starvation and were subject to the whim of the laird.” - South Hams Free Press
Gwen Kirkwood is the author of sixteen Scottish novels and six shorter romantic novellas, including A Question of Love, The Wary Heart 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.
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