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1930s Scotland. Ferelith Gallagher has been brought up in a convent in Glasgow, but dreams of bigger and better things. With no money behind her, and no family to speak of, she travels to Edinburgh to study to be a lawyer - a brave choice for a woman in the 1930s. But then she meets a young man who sweeps her off her feet. After a brief and disastrous marriage, Ferelith swears she is done with love, and buries herself in her studies, working hard to become the first female senior advocate in Scottish history. But when she falls in love a second time, she finds herself torn between love and her career. And then war breaks out, and life will never be the same again . . .

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As always, Ramsay's prose is vivid and flowing, and the pages just fly by * Choice, on Eileen Ramsay's previous work * The beautiful Scottish setting only adds to this poignant and poetic journey . . . as unique as it is exquisite * Daily Record, on Eileen Ramsay's previous work * An unpredictable ending, a few surprises along the way and several tear jerkers - I enjoyed every minute of it * Historical Novel Review, on Eileen Ramsay's previous work *

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Eileen Ramsay grew up in Dumfriesshire. After graduation she went to Washington DC, where she taught in private schools for some years, before moving to California with her Scottish husband. There, she raised two sons, finished her Masters Degree, fell in love with Mexico, and published her first short stories and a Regency novel. The family returned to Scotland where Eileen continued to teach and write and to serve - at different times - on the committees of The Society of Authors in Scotland, The Scottish Association of Writers and The Romantic Novelists Association. In 2004, her novel SOMEDAY, SOMEWHERE was shortlisted for the Romantic Novel of the Year award. Eileen is currently Chair of the Romantic Novelists' Association.

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