Highland Girls

Can the Highland girls prove everyone wrong? Don't miss this poignant and heartwarming WW2 novel for fans of Rosie Clarke, Dilly Court and Rosie Archer, from the author of “A Wartime Secret.” Scotland, 1942. The Lumberjills, the newest recruits in the Women's Timber Corps, arrive in the Scottish Highlands to a hostile reception from doubtful locals. The young women are determined to prove them wrong and serve their country—but they're also all looking for something more... Lady Persephone signed up to show everyone she's more than just a pretty face—but it'll take more than some charm and her noble credentials to win handsome Sergeant Fraser over. Tall, strong Grace has led a lonely life working on a croft, with just her mother for company. All she wants is to find her place in the world—even if that's a thousand miles from home. And Irene misses her husband terribly, so until he returns home from the frontline, she's distracting herself with war work. But one distraction too far leads to devastating consequences... Can the Lumberjills get through their struggles together—even when tragedy strikes?

Upper class has spent months proving herself to the other young women, but when new recruits arrive, she quickly feels lost again. She distracts herself by helping set up a Women's Home Defence Corps, but the idea soon meets resistance from the locals. Dependable had turned her back on love since she ran away from heartbreak to join the Corps, but when she crosses paths with a soldier deployed nearby, she feels a connection with him she's never felt before—but will she be burned by love again? And young is desperate to impress the other women and make a new life for herself, far away from her troubled home. But her willingness to impress leaves her at risk of being used... As the summer beats on, can the Lumberjills pull together and protect the forest—and each other?