Jessamine

"The dead of night, Jess, I wish they'd leave me alone."Jessamin Wade's husband is dead - a death she feels wholly responsible for. As a way of coping with her grief, she keeps him 'alive' in her imagination - talking to him every day, laughing with him, remembering the good times they had together. She thinks she will 'hear' him better if she moves from the hustle and bustle of her hometown in the south to a place far away. Her destination is Glenelk, in the Highlands of Scotland.Arriving in the village late at night, she finds it a bleak and forbidding place. However, the house she is renting - Skye Croft - is warm and welcoming. Quickly she meets the locals. Her landlord, Fionnlagh Maccaillin, is an ex-army man with obvious and not so obvious injuries. Maggie, who runs the village shop, is also an enigma, startling her with her strange insights. But it is Stan she instantly connects with. Maccaillin's grandfather and a frail, old man, he is grief-stricken from the recent loss of his beloved Beth. All four are caught in the past. All four can't let go. Their lives entwining in mysterious ways, will they always belong to the ghosts that haunt them?From the author of the bestselling The Haunting of Highdown Hall comes a deep and brooding novel set in the Highlands of| Scotland. With just a hint of the supernatural, it's perfect for fans of Outlander. Discover why Jessamin is called Jessamine today!