MacFarlane's Lantern (ePub)

Ralph Barrington was a very young man when he inherits the run-down Georgian mansion of Redwoods in Winchester. But in accordance with Margaret Fitzgerald's will, Ralph is unable to sell what becomes his inheritance; therefore he and his teenage daughter, Roselyn, known as Ros, are forced to make the best of things and live in just a few of the rooms. Ralph's wife, Charlotte, is a depressive having cruelly denied Ros at birth, but then, Ros re-meets Andrew Frazer MacFarlane, who has had an equally tragic and difficult beginning to his life; but not only has Andrew got himself entangled with a woman, who is determined never to let him go, but he also harbours a fearful and dark secret. Set among some of Scotland's most dramatic scenery, this is a powerful tale as seen through the eyes of an eighteenth century, former daughter of the house, Marguerite Fitzgerald Campbell, an adventuress during the Jacobite uprisings, who has suffered a cruel rape; and borne a child. There is a mystery surrounding the child's parentage which becomes a vital link in saving Redwoods and the North and South Timber Mills from being demolished. Many Questions remain unanswered just who is the mysterious, Rafe Frazer? if you enjoy Drama! Scandal! Intrigue! Mystery! Romance! then this novel is for you.