The Island Wife

ISBN: 0340671947
Author: Jessica Stirling
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This tells the story of two headstrong sisters in love with the same men. Based on the beautiful island of Mull of Scotland's wild west coast, Vassie Campbell has scraped a precarious living by raising cattle on a small parcel of land that lies close to the sparwling estate of Fetternish. Her daughters Innis, Biddy and fey young siter Alileen have know no other life than that of the farm. In the year of 1878, however, the arrival of the Baverstock brothers, new owners of Fetternish, brings unwelcome change to the remote community. So do their wily manservant Willy Naismith and handsome young shepherd Michael Tarrant. Red-haired and sensual, Biddy is first to attract Michael's attention as well as catching the eye of wealthy incomer Austin Baverstock. But it is Innis, plain and solemn, who finaly rebels against her sister's domination and the wished of her fisherman father, and sets out to capture Michael for herself. Michael Tarrant is not all he seems, though, and the sisters' rivalry in love exposes a terrible secret that leads to heartache and tragedy and changes the lives of all around them forever.

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