From AudioFile
This first-person narrative is told by Scottish heroine Jane Marsh, who is currently living in California. Stella Gonet portrays each of the Scottish characters with light accents; the Americans sound native. Gonet's warm voice reflects the love of Jane's grandmother and father, and adjusts to the harsher tones of Sinclair's calculated love. This captivating tale is marred only by the low tone of Gonet's voice, which sometimes fades, requiring adjustment of the volume. M.B.K. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine


Book Description
When you read a novel by Rosamunde Pilcher you enter a special world where emotions sing from the heart. A world that lovingly captures the ties that bind us to one another-the joys and sorrows, heartbreaks and misunderstandings, and glad, perfect moments when we are in true harmony. A world filled with evocative, engrossing, and above all, enjoyable portraits of people's lives and loves, tenderly laid open for us...

After years in the United States, Jane returns to the tranquil Scottish estate, Elvie, where she spent a magical childhood. Memories of Elvie had always summoned the image of Sinclair, the rakish man Jane had once dreamed of marrying, but now that she is home, she finds Sinclair a different man. His charm has a purpose, and Jane can no longer trust him...or herself.



The publisher, Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.
"Sitting on a California beach at summer's ends, Jane Marsh thought back to her childhood at the estate called Elvie in a remote corner of Scotland. She remembered not only the heather-covered hills and lonesome loch, but her grandmother... and, of course, Sinclair. She had secretly dreamed of marrying rakishly handsome Sinclair and settling at Elvie forever. Now an urgent visit from her grandmother's lawyer would become the catalyst for her return to Scotland... where waiting for her was passion, not gentle love, and the chilling realization that she might be ready to wed the wrong man.

"When you've finished one [of Rosamunde Pilcher's novels], you're ready for another." -- The New York Times.

"Ms. Pilcher knows all the aspects of the human spirit, how it behaves in joy and sorrow." -- Marilyn Harris, author of American Eden


About the Author
Rosamunde Pilcher has had a long and distinguished career as a novelist and short-story writer, but it was her phenomenally successful novel The Shell Seekers that captured the hearts of all who read it and won her international recognition as one of the most-loved storytellers of our time. The Shell Seekers was followed by September and then by Coming Home and Winter Solstice, which were also immediately embraced by Mrs. Pilcher's devoted readers to become worldwide bestsellers. She lives in Perthshire, Scotland, with her husband, Graham, and their dachshund, Daisy.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Sitting on a California beach at summer's ends, Jane Marsh thought back to her childhood at the estate called Elvie in a remote corner of Scotland. She remembered not only the heather-covered hills and lonesome loch, but her grandmother... and, of course, Sinclair. She had secretly dreamed of marrying rakishly handsome Sinclair and settling at Elvie forever. Now an urgent visit from her grandmother's lawyer would become the catalyst for her return to Scotland... where waiting for her was passion, not gentle love, and the chilling realization that she might be ready to wed the wrong man.

"When you've finished one [of Rosamunde Pilcher's novels], you're ready for another." — The New York Times.

"Ms. Pilcher knows all the aspects of the human spirit, how it behaves in joy and sorrow." — Marilyn Harris, author of American Eden

FROM THE CRITICS

Library Journal

Pilcher ( The Blackberry Day and Other Stories , Audio Reviews, LJ 4/15/93) always spins a satisfying, tightly written story. Here, Californian Jane Marsh pays a visit to Elvie, her family's estate in the Scottish Highlands. Soon after arriving, she falls under the spell of her dashing ne'er-do-well cousin, Sinclair. He plots to marry Jane and sell off Elvie once she inherits it. Standing quietly in the background is lawyer David Stewart, who offers a quiet contrast to Sinclair's flamboyant lifestyle. Several tragedies and the unveiling of some family secrets bring about a logical conclusion to the love triangle. Pilcher's vivid descriptions of Scotland sound like a travel brochure, and actress Geraldine James's clear, well-paced reading serves to further captivate the listener. Recommended for most collections.-- Linda Maki, Hennepin Cty. Lib. System, Minnetonka, Minn.

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