Jessica Stirling: 35 books

"Wunderbar geschrieben - über das Leben im Schottland des 19. Jahrhunderts" Best Sellers Schottland, 1814. Die Schwestern Elspeth und Anna Patterson hatten es seit jeher nicht leicht: Von Elspeth hat sich die Familie abgewandt, weil sie ein uneheliches Kind erwartet. Sie verlässt ihr Heimatdorf,...

The first novel in the trilogy which continues with Creature Comforts and Hearts of Gold, set in Fife from 1814 into the Victorian era. One November night, highlander Gaddy Patterson strays into the staid lowland parish of Balnesmoor, and stumbles upon a dead girl and her baby. Gaddy struggles...

Das stürmische Schicksal einer schottischen Familie: Schottland, 1878: Das beschauliche Leben der Schwestern Innis und Biddy auf der Insel Mull ändert sich jäh, als neue Besitzer den benachbarten Gutshof übernehmen und mit ihnen der Schäfer Michael Tarrant auftaucht. Die rothaarige, sinnliche...

Dritter Teil der erfolgreichen Schottlandsaga: Wieder einmal wird das Leben der zwei Schwestern Innis und Biddy durch die Männerwelt durcheinandergewirbelt. Um sich an ihrem Ehemann zu rächen, lässt Biddy sich mit Patrick ein. Doch bald muss sie sich fragen, ob Patricks Absichten so ehrenhaft sind...

Eine malerische schottische Insel, zwei Schwestern auf der Suche nach ihrem Glück: Ein schwerer Schicksalsschlag lässt Biddy als Witwe zurück. Nun muss die junge Frau die Geschäfte selbst verwalten und sich in einer von Männern dominierten Welt behaupten. Noch dazu sehnt sie sich nach einer neuen...

Servant girl Betsy McBride thinks she has as much right as any girl to set her cap at Tom Brodie, the most dashing young man in the district. When her master asks her to help out the Brodie family she jumps at the chance to get a bit closer to him. She doesn't realise that Tom Brodie thinks the only...

A compelling, beautifully-observed story of growing up, of anguish and friendship, true and false, set in London, Scotland and the Peak District. The Haldanes were her mother's family. Not that Pauline had much to do with them after her mother Barbara deserted her husband and child. But the Haldanes...

The third poignant novel in The Nicholson Quartet revisits a family divided by pride and weakened by poverty in turn-of-the-century Glasgow. Dedicated to holding their marriage together for the sake of their crippled son, both Kirsty and Craig Nicholson are forced to sacrifice the lovers they...

To Cassie Armitage and her well-to-do family, Robert Montague seems a perfect suitor: a distinguished preacher with a glamorous past and impressive connections. Only after marriage will trusting and idealistic Cassie discover that Montague is not all that he seems. Nancy Winfield, born to the...

The marriage of Sylvie and Gowry McCulloch was not made in heaven and has gone through difficult times. Settled now in Dublin, they have a daughter, Maeve, whom they both love dearly. Sylvie presides over the respectable Shamrock Hotel while Gowry is a driver for Flanagan's bus company. When...

Susanne Thorne is an orphan of means, one reason why Bette Hollander carries the young English girl off to her home in far-away Scotland. Bette would be more than happy for Susanne to fall in love with her handsome, headstrong son Louis, for marriage to the little heiress would repay old debts and...

The Martindale sisters are about to embark on a reckless journey of deceit, rivalry and betrayal that reaches a thrilling and romantic climax as the Titanic sails for New York... At first, handsome, freewheeling Clive Cavendish does not appear to be an ideal catch for Julie. But when a whirlwind...

Set in wartime London, the second novel in The Hooper Family series continues the story that began with A Corner of the Heart: the saga of an East End clan that knows both the Shadwell docklands and the world of books and broadcasting. The war everyone dreaded has begun at last, but for Susan...

London in the Blitz - the story of The Wayward Wife continues in this compelling saga of love and war. Susan Cahill enjoys her job at the BBC - until a bomb destroys the building and brings unwelcome responsibilities and an autocratic new boss, Walter Boscombe. He has no time for ambitious...