Kearsley has written a beautifully sculpted novel that portrays the passion an author has for her characters and how their story becomes engrained in her own life. Carrie and Sophia’s lives seem to mysteriously mirror each other, both making a life for themselves and finding love along the way. In a twist of fate, it turns out that Carrie is more deeply entangled in Sophia’s story than she could have imagined. On his passing, a distant relative offers what Sophia longs for most: a home. An ill-fated expedition for the New World left Sophia Paterson an orphan, cared for by her uncle. This is an interesting story, the narrative switching between author Carrie, who is writing a historical fiction novel focusing on the 1708 Jacobite invasion into Scotland, and Sophia, the woman Carrie is writing about. From the much-loved author of The Vanished Days, a novel of love, loyalty and ultimate betrayal. The Winter Sea is a great book and I’m excited to have found it, it being the first novel I’ve read of Kearsley’s. You know a book is good when you are so invested in the story that you feel for the characters and their hardships and that’s what happened to me with this one. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not uncommon for me to get emotional when reading, but I usually see it coming. But when she discovers her novel is more fact than fiction, Carrie wonders if she might be the only living person who knows the truth-the ultimate betrayal-that happened all those years ago.Ī sweeping historical fantasy of love, danger, and time travel, Susanna Kearsley masterfully weaves Scotland's past into Carrie's present in this stunning book.Where to start on this one? First of all, The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley had me bursting into tears with a sudden plot twist that I DID NOT expect. Present day Carrie McClelland is enchanted by the ruins of the castle and hopes to turn this all-but-forgotten story into her next bestselling novel.

She is the author of 23 bestselling novels including The Winter Sea and lives in Manning Valley, New South Wales, Australia. Settling herself in the shadow of that historic Scottish castle, she starts to write. Read an excerpt of this book Add to Wishlist. Now, Carrie McClelland hopes to turn that story into her next bestselling novel. When young Sophia Paterson travels to Slains Castle by the sea, she finds herself in the midst of the dangerous intrigue. In the spring of 1708, an invading Jacobite fleet of French and Scottish soldiers nearly succeeded in landing the exiled James Stewart in Scotland to reclaim his crown. 'I've loved every one of Susanna's books! She has bedrock research and a butterfly's delicate touch with characters-sure recipe for historical fiction that sucks you in and won't let go!'-DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of OutlanderĪ hauntingly beautiful tale of love that transcends time: an American writer travels to Scotland to craft a novel about the Jacobite Rebellion, only to discover her own ancestral memories of that torrid moment in Scottish history. A NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER!

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