The Mariner’s Daughter

Scotland, 1885

As the daughter of a mariner, Sarah McLeod dreads the future her father has planned for her – a lifetime of hardship as a fisherman's wife. Desperate to escape an arranged marriage, she secures a position as a parlourmaid at the grand Portweem House.

There she meets Alasdair Ferguson, the handsome son of the laird. Despite the rigid divide between their worlds, a secret romance blossoms as they steal moments together in an abandoned forest bothy. When Alasdair declares his love, Sarah dares to believe a different future is within her reach.

But their happiness is threatened by the expectations of society and a wealthy heiress who seems a far more suitable match. As pressure mounts from all sides, Sarah must decide whether love is worth risking everything for.

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"The Mariner’s Daughter" was written by Liz Harris.

Born in London, Liz Harris graduated from university with a Law degree, and then moved to California, where she led a varied life, from waitressing on Sunset Strip to working as secretary to the CEO of a large Japanese trading company. Six years later, she returned to London and completed a degree in English, after which she taught secondary school pupils, first in Berkshire, then Cheshire, and then in Oxfordshire. In addition to the 22 novels she’s had published, she’s had several short stories in anthologies and magazines. Liz now lives in Windsor, Berkshire. A member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, The Historical Novel Society, The Australian Romance Readers Association and The Society of Authors, her interests are travel, the cinema, theatre, reading and cryptic crosswords.