Emmeline Truelove is the director of an Institute
belonging to the new Duke of Olympia. She was the
personal assistant to the former Duke of Olympia. When
she and the new duke experience some unusual events in
Greece, he sets up the Institute to research these
extraordinary events and similar phenomenon.
Emmeline has been called to go to Scotland when a
mysterious object is discovered. On her way to Scotland,
she spots a man following her; a man she last saw in
Greece. She also runs into Lord Silverton who has been
asked by the Duke to aid Emmeline in her inquiries. The
relationship between Emmeline and Lord Silverton is rife
with innuendo. He once asked her to marry him and
continues to bedevil her even after her refusal.
When Lord Silverton disappears the night before she meets
the duke, Emmeline grows concerned. The artifact that
has been discovered leads Emmeline and the duke to the
Orkney isles. Events there result in Emmeline's
transport 700 years back in time where she finds Lord
Silverton. Along the way, they discover much more about
the mysteries surrounding the artifact that led Emmeline
to this point in time.
Juliana Gray writes a fascinating tale with two very
interesting characters in Emmeline and Silverton. A
STRANGE SCOTTISH SHORE follows A MOST EXTRAORDINARY PURSUIT
from 2011. Since I hadn't read the first book,
there were a few moments where I was sure I was missing
some important information, but Gray does a fabulous
job of keeping the reader informed about previous events
without giving too much away. The interactions between
Emmeline and Silverton are both intriguing and amusing
with Emmeline unable to voice her true feelings and
Silverton sensing so much about what she won't reveal.
The story twists and turns around events and
possibilities which will keep the reader turning the
pages. Juliana Gray has created a fascinating world with
possibilities that will cause the reader to question
history as they know it.
Scotland, 1906. A mysterious object discovered inside an
ancient castle calls Maximilian Haywood, the new Duke of
Olympia, and his fellow researcher Emmeline Truelove,
north to the remote Orkney Islands. No stranger to the
study of anachronisms in archeological digs, Haywood is
nevertheless puzzled by the artifact: a suit of clothing,
which, according to family legend, once belonged to a
selkie who rose from the sea in ancient times and married
the castle’s first laird.
But Haywood and Truelove soon discover they’re not the
only ones interested in the selkie’s strange hide, and
when their mutual friend Lord Silverton vanishes in the
night from an Edinburgh street, the mystery takes a
dangerous turn through time, which only Haywood’s skills
and Truelove’s bravery can solve…
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