{"id":22,"date":"2013-11-30T12:54:28","date_gmt":"2013-11-30T12:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elisedarcy.com\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2025-05-20T13:47:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T13:47:22","slug":"scottish-highlands-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elisedarcy.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS SERIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"a-text-bold\">When you have everything to lose, be careful what you wish for&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Eleanor Campbell-Ross appears to lead a charmed life. From one of the wealthiest families in Scotland, with a husband who adores her, on the surface she wants for nothing. But all is not what it seems.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Eleanor feels a restlessness she can\u2019t ignore<span class=\"a-text-bold\">. <\/span>She dreams of being ordinary, if only for a moment; to walk out the door and not be recognised. But little does she know, she is about to get her wish\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Every winter, Eleanor\u2019s family escapes for Christmas to their holiday home in the Scottish Highlands. But this winter is going to be like no other. One chance encounter, one silly prank, sets off a chain of events that separates Eleanor from those she loves. Now she must find her way back to them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But as she navigates the challenges that follow, the question is does she want to return, or is it time to step out of her family&#8217;s shadow and forge a life of her own?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span class=\"a-text-bold\">Book 1 in The Scottish Highlands Series<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Winter in the Scottish Highlands (The Scottish Highlands Series Book 1)\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"625\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.co.uk\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_XUJUmM202HM93j&#038;asin=B0DFJF4HV9&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>This series should be read sequentially, starting with Book 1, in order to enjoy the story arc as it was intended. All my books are available in kindle version and paperback.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>THE SECRETS OF THE GLEN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"a-text-bold\">When you have nothing to lose, how far would you go to escape your past?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Robyn Parker has lost everything. That was her first thought when she woke up on Christmas Day in hospital with no memory of how she got there. The only thing she knew was that someone called David Gillespie saved her life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Driving a sports car \u2013 a relic of his once successful life \u2013 David careered into a young woman driving at speed out of Aviemore. What was she doing on that snowy road on Christmas Day? She had yet to tell him. But then he hadn\u2019t been willing to share his troubled past either.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">David was captivated by the beautiful young woman he\u2019d pulled out of the wreckage, despite his father\u2019s warning that he knew nothing about her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Living with her new friend, Gayle, in her beautiful old Scottish home in Aviemore, Lark Lodge, Robyn feels strangely drawn to the property backing on to the lodge. Gayle tells her that the house has been locked up and deserted ever since a tragedy befell the wealthy Ross family on the ski slopes on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">With the arrival of spring, Robyn thinks she has put the past behind her. But when David asks Robyn to move in with him, a memory suddenly resurfaces in the most unexpected of places \u2013 David\u2019s boathouse by the loch. Will the secrets from her past finally catch up with her?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span class=\"a-text-bold\">Book 2 in The Scottish Highlands Series<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Secrets of the Glen (The Scottish Highlands Series Book 2)\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"625\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.co.uk\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_ngRGQuf7jMhB0m&#038;asin=B0DFMT5WGX&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>RETURN TO THE LAKE HOUSE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"a-text-bold\">In the shadow of the Scottish mountains, the past is never far behind&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;\">Jake Campbell-Ross has walked away from a high-flying corporate career. Haunted by an accident in Scotland last Christmas, he has left everything behind, hoping for a fresh start. Teaching in a tough inner-city school, he has a sense of purpose far from the life he once knew.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Faye, a dedicated teacher, is raising her daughter on her own. After a painful breakup up with her ex, Faye is determined to keep relationships at arms-length. When she meets the new trainee teacher, a handsome man with a haunted past, her resolve begins to crumble. But is Jake here to stay?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Marcus is trying to come to terms with the loss of his sister. He knows Jake blames him for what happened that fateful day on the Cairngorm Mountains. Their friendship is in tatters. But when circumstances force Jake to return to Scotland, Marcus unexpectedly joins him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Will the tranquillity of The Highlands help them find peace and heal their friendship? Will Jake return to Faye, the woman he is falling in love with? Or will new revelations about what really happened that day change the course of their lives forever\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Book 3 in The Scottish Highlands Series.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Return to the Lake House (The Scottish Highlands Series Book 3)\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"625\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.co.uk\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_TE9HpkqzQpiaOg&#038;asin=B0DKCYQ5J6&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>THE BOATHOUSE BY THE LOCH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>With a new arrival at the boathouse, Robyn\u2019s life is about to take an unexpected turn <\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Robyn thought moving into the boathouse with her fianc\u00e9 would be the beginning of the life she\u2019d always dreamed of; a fresh start in a stunning home, a marriage proposal from the man she loves, and a chance to finally put her shadowy past behind her. But something about the boathouse stirs fragments of memories she can\u2019t fully grasp\u2014brief flashbacks that haunt her. She\u2019s certain something happened there. If only she could remember.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">David thought their move would bring them closer, but Robyn\u2019s growing distance tells him otherwise. She\u2019s secretive, evasive, and now frequently away in London for work. His idyllic vision of their new life begins to crack. When she refuses to let him accompany her to London, he suspects she has more than a commission there. Could she have found someone from her past?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">A surprise getaway at Lark Lodge, where their love first blossomed, seems to rekindle their relationship. But even as the weekend strengthens their bond, Robyn\u2019s reluctance to return to the boathouse grows impossible to ignore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">When her best friend, Gayle, suggests hosting a housewarming party, it seems like the perfect way to help Robyn settle into her new home. But the celebration takes a shocking turn when an unexpected guest arrives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Now, there\u2019s no escaping her past. The truth surfaces in a revelation that changes everything\u2014for her, for David, and for everyone at the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Book 4 in The Scottish Highlands Series<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-amazon wp-block-embed-amazon\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Boathouse by the Loch (The Scottish Highlands Series Book 4)\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"625\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.co.uk\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_vqApiRrFWDjIvS&#038;asin=B0DNYNN2MX&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>SUMMER IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>One summer, amidst the scenic Scottish Highlands, the winds of change weave their magic \u2026<\/strong><br><br>Jake, who once cherished the magic of Christmas in The Cairngorms, has returned to the place he calls home. The towering snow-dusted pines and cozy firesides of his past now hold a bittersweet memory \u2013 a tragic accident on the Cairngorm Mountain that changed his life forever.<br><br>Since then, he has found a new sense of purpose with Faye and Natty, the family he always wanted. But as summer settles in, bringing a sense of hope for the future, Jake\u2019s past continues to haunt him. Unanswered questions about the fateful skiing accident linger, threatening to unravel the peace he has found.<br><br>As Faye grows closer to Jake during their summer in the Scottish Highlands, she becomes entangled in the mystery surrounding that tragic event.<br><br>When she uncovers a secret that could shed light on what really happened last Christmas, she faces a difficult choice: to tell Jake the truth and risk shattering their newfound happiness, or keep the secret and protect the life they are building together.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Book 5 in The Scottish Highlands Series<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-amazon wp-block-embed-amazon\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Summer in the Scottish Highlands (The Scottish Highlands Series Book 5)\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"625\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.co.uk\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_EU1pd5Di71c883&#038;asin=B0DZ23B372&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>COMING HOME TO AVIEMORE<\/strong> ~ <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Book 6 in The Scottish Highlands Series is available on Amazon for Pre-order with a Release Date of 30th June 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>The Highlands is where it all began \u2014 three strangers and one astonishing secret, but will the truth destroy them all, or set their hearts free?<\/strong><br><br>Returning to London after spending the summer in the Scottish Highlands where Jake proposed, Faye should be looking forward to the next chapter in their lives \u2013 getting married and moving to Scotland for a fresh start. But she is having second thoughts about their future together, all because of Jake\u2019s past. Would he ever be free of the wealthy Rosses and the accident in the Highlands last Christmas that still haunts him?<br><br>While Faye and Jake\u2019s relationship hangs in the balance, across London, Bonnie and David are having a fantastic weekend away. Soon to be married, and expecting their first child, the only blot on Bonnie\u2019s perfect city break is the thought of her friend, Robyn, who disappeared last Christmas without a trace. They are still searching for her. But things are about to take an unexpected turn when Bonnie comes face-to-face with someone from her past.<br><br>Aubrey, nearing retirement, is making plans to return to Aviemore, the place he still calls home, but he has unfinished business in London. Bonnie has asked him to help find her friend, Robyn. Aubrey doesn\u2019t have to do that \u2013 he knows exactly where she is. Revealing her whereabouts risks everything he holds dear. Aubrey rues the day he ever thought he could keep a secret of that magnitude without consequences.<br><br>As the events of last Christmas begin to unravel in the most unexpected way, will Aubrey\u2019s secret cause a rift within the Ross family, or will it finally bring closure and the promise of a future in the Scottish Highlands they all never thought possible?<br><br><strong><em>Book 6 in The Scottish Highlands Series &#8211; a family saga of love, loss, and finding a happy ever after where we truly belong \u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-amazon wp-block-embed-amazon\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Coming Home to Aviemore (The Scottish Highlands Series Book 6)\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"625\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.co.uk\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_BWC2UG3QXMjYwN&#038;asin=B0F94BTCPC&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS SERIES When you have everything to lose, be careful what you wish for&#8230; Eleanor Campbell-Ross appears to lead a charmed life. 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