The forbidden promise

The stunning new story of love and secrets from the Number One bestselling author of The Forgotten Village

Scotland, 1940:
War rages across Europe, but Invermoray House is at peace. Until the night of Constance’s twenty-first birthday, when she’s the only person to see a Spitfire crash into the loch. Constance has been longing for adventure – but when she promises to keep the pilot hidden, what will it cost her?

2020:
Kate arrives in the Highlands to turn Invermoray into a luxury bed-and-breakfast, only to find that the estate is more troubled than she’d imagined. But when Kate discovers the house has a murky history, with Constance McLay’s name struck from its records, she knows she can’t leave until the mystery is solved…

How will one promise change the fate of two women, decades apart?

About the author


I write dual-timeline books that weave secrets of the past with the present. 

My first book The Forgotten Village is a Kindle Number 1 Bestseller. In Canada it is called The Forgotten Wife. Further editions will follow in Germany, USA and The Netherlands. 

My second novel, The Forbidden Promise, is available to preorder on Amazon UK and will be released in March 2020 in ebook, paperback and audiobook.

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My Review

The present-day story and the historical one are so beautifully interwoven that the reader engages equally with both. I have read some similar stories recently but it is the telling of this story that makes this one stand out.
In the historical story of Constance, the era is perfectly captured as we are thrown into WW2. The contemporary story is just as captivating as we follow Kate's attempts to turn Invermoray house into a luxury B&B. As she delves into Constance's story, the lochs and mountains of Scotland provide a fabulous setting so rich in detail that we can almost breathe in the pine-scented air.
The ending provided the perfect finale to this tale and brought the story to a natural conclusion. A great story that is well crafted.