Dulcie Carlyon: A novel. Volume 2 (of 3)

A young woman of spirited heart returns to the rugged beauty of Craigengowan, where the pine‑scented glens hide both romance and rivalry. She has received a secret note from a handsome officer, urging a final meeting in the shadowed Howe, but a meddlesome suitor discovers it and threatens to unravel their plans. The tension between longing and duty is palpable as she grapples with love, familial expectations, and the unsettling sense that darker events loom on the horizon.

Beyond the misty Scottish hills, the narrative widens to the far‑off battlefields of South Africa, where the same characters confront the harsh realities of war and colonial conflict. As alliances shift and danger approaches, the story balances intimate emotional struggles with the broader sweep of history, promising intrigue, courage, and the fragile hope that love might survive amidst turmoil.