THE QUEEN OF SCOTTISH SAGAS ?? A moving saga from Sunday Times bestselling author Evelyn Hood! Perfect for fans of Dilly Court, Catherine Cookson and AnneMarie Brear 📖Two women. One friendship. A world on the brink of change. Can love and loyalty survive in 18th-century Scotland? ??Paisley, Scotland 1775 In the midst of a street brawl, Margaret Knox first encounters Islay McInnes, a Highland girl struggling to support herself and her two cousins in the Paisley slums. Their two lives are polar opposites. Islay, at sixteen, spins yarn to make ends meet whilst Margaret, wife to a surgeon and teacher at the pauper school, pursues charitable endeavours to ease the plight of those less fortunate. With the slums rife with illness and as the pox begins to spread Margaret seeing it as her Christian duty to help, persuades her friend Jamie Todd to allow Islay and her cousins to live above his weaving shop. Meanwhile Islay is torn when she receives a marriage proposal that would mean moving away from all she knows and cares for, especially Margaret. But when she falls for a man who doesn’t seem to care for her at all, the consequences are disastrous. Can Islay stay in the new home she has grown to love and can Margaret hold together a family beset by conflict and illness?Will their friendship help them navigate difficult times?Book two in the bestselling The Paisley Women saga series from Evelyn Hood, the original Scottish saga writer. Storytelling at its best 💫Previously published in paperback as A Matter of MischiefPRAISE FOR EVELYN HOOD 'Compelling from the start, heartfelt and beautifully written.' - Rosie Clarke 'If you like Catherine Cookson, you’ll love Evelyn Hood’s books.’ - Lizzie Lane ‘Evelyn Hood’s characters step off the page and into your heart.’ - Sheila Riley ‘This is addictive and heartfelt storytelling, with colourful characters you'll never want to say goodbye to.’ - Jane Lark ''Loved the strong, relatable characters. A lively, refreshing rea
