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One Good Turn

Whatever happened to Nurse Crawford? A short story linked to Uncovering the Governess’s Secrets.

I risked my life to give her freedom, and in a twist of fate she gave me mine in return

On the closed ward of an asylum, Nurse Crawford develops a strange affinity with a remarkable female patient called Marianne. Convinced that she has been wrongly incarcerated and continues to be unfairly held, Nurse Crawford resolves to find a way to help her escape, risking her livelihood in the process and unwittingly initiating a chain of events that will be life changing for both of them.

Now happily enjoying her new life working in a Hydropathic Hotel on Scotland’s West Coast, Nurse Crawford reflects on the events and decisions that brought her to this point. All because of one good turn….

A Highland Tryst

An emotional short story of forbidden love set in one of Scotland’s most romantic locations.

Let me embrace my fate knowing that you’re safe

From the moment they met, Sorcha and Innes were convinced they were meant for one another, even though she was betrothed at birth to another. Meeting secretly at the magical Fairy Pools, they convinced themselves that there was hope. Somehow they would be together. 

Then Bonnie Prince Charlie returned to Scotland in an attempt to claim the British throne, and Innes fought alongside his clan for the Young Pretender, while Sorcha’s family sided with the crown. Their love was doomed, and in the aftermath of the Young Pretender’s defeat at Culloden, Innes’s life is now in danger. He has to flee Skye, but that means leaving Sorcha behind for ever.