1800s, rural Scotland is a menacing place for women who don't conform-especially if you are a visionary healer empowered by ancient stones passed down by gifted 'spae' ancestors. Jessie, a fiery young newlywed, discovers she is a first daughter in a generational line of spaes. Despite grave warnings and the breakdown of family relationships, she uses her skills to continue ageless customs and uplift local women. But the greedy machinations of a new landowner and vindictive priest hell-bent on having the spaes evicted, see her charged with murder and witchcraft, threatening the future of her baby daughter, the crofters and their beloved forest. We follow the lives and sacrifices these gifted women make in order to preserve and pass on their beliefs. Jessie must choose to relinquish her craft or sacrifice herself to protect her culture and kin ... and Lily, the next first daughter and future of the spaes.
For centuries, the fae folk and spae women of Scotland were feared - and persecuted.
Life in the 1800s countryside, with its unforgiving climate, was both magnificent and harsh - testing cultures, beliefs and the loyalties of crofters.
The first in this series, The Sight of Heather, begins a journey of allegiance, sacrifice, and fortitude in a land of bold, resilient women.
Jessie's ideal life spirals when she learns she is a first daughter in a biological line of 'spaes' endowed with unique gifts of spiritual sight and healing, aided by powerful ancestral stones.
Backed by a vindictive priest intent on charging Jessie with murder and witchcraft, the new owner of the Cruachan Manor plots to rout the spaes and destroy their beloved forest.
Despite grave warnings and family conflict, Jessie determinedly pursues her skills and powers, plunging her family and village into danger.