Barbara Erskine's classic bestseller the successor to Lady of Hay at last available as a HarperCollins paperback. In a childless and unhappy marriage Clare Royland is rich and beautiful – but lonely. And fueling her feelings of isolation is a strange growing fascination with an ancestress from the distant past. Troubled by haunting inexplicable dreams that terrify – but also powerfully compel – her Clare is forced to look back through the centuries for answers. In 1306 Scotland is at war. Isobel Countess of Buchan faces fear and the prospect of untimely death as the fighting surrounds her. But passionate and headstrong her trials escalate when she is persecuted for her part in crowning Robert the Bruce her lover. Duncairn Isobel's home and Clare's beloved heritage becomes a battleground for passions that span the centuries. As husband Paul's recklessness threatens their security Clare must fight to save Duncairn and to save herself from the powers of Isobel…
