Summary:
A mother who cannot face her future.
A daughter who cannot escape her past.
Lady Elisabeth Kerr is a keeper of secrets. A Highlander by birth and a Lowlander by marriage, she honors the auld ways, even as doubts and fears stir deep within her.
Her husband, Lord Donald, has secrets of his own, well hidden from the household, yet whispered among the town gossips.
His mother, the dowager Lady Marjory, hides gold beneath her floor and guilt inside her heart. Though her two abiding passions are maintaining her place in society and coddling her grown sons, Marjory’s many regrets, buried in Greyfriars Churchyard, continue to plague her.
One by one the Kerr family secrets begin to surface, even as bonny Prince Charlie and his rebel army ride into Edinburgh in September 1745, intent on capturing the crown.
A timeless story of love and betrayal, loss and redemption, flickering against the vivid backdrop of eighteenth-century Scotland, Here Burns My Candle illumines the dark side of human nature, even as hope, the brightest of tapers, lights the way home.
Author Bio:
LIZ CURTIS HIGGS is the author of twenty-seven books with three million copies in print, including: her best-selling historical novels, Thorn in My Heart, Fair Is the Rose, Christy Award-winner Whence Came a Prince, and Grace in Thine Eyes, a Christy Award finalist; My Heart’s in the Lowlands: Ten Days in Bonny Scotland, an armchair travel guide to Galloway; and her contemporary novels, Mixed Signals, a Rita Award finalist, and Bookends, a Christy Award finalist. Visit the author’s extensive website at www.lizcurtishiggs.com.
My Review:
As one of my favorite authors Liz does not disappoint me. The story captures your heart from the beginning and the characters become a part of your life. The story of Ruth has always been a favorite of mine and putting it into this setting and time just enhances the story for me. If you are a lover of historical fiction you will enjoy this book immensely.
To find out how you can get a copy of this book click on the image above. This book was provided for review by Waterbrook Multnomah.
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SO glad to hear you enjoyed my latest novel, lovely Dianna! I'm hard at work on the balance of the story, MINE IS THE NIGHT, due out next Spring. God bless you for your encouraging words!
Oh I can not wait to read the next part of the story. To think I have to wait a whole year is really hard but I know it will be well worth it. 🙂 Thank you for taking the time and stopping by my blog. You are a blessing to many. 🙂