Author of 28 published novels, Evelyn Hood has had a variety of jobs, including being a journalist and a poultry farmer. She is now a full time writer, best known for her family sagas, set mainly in her home town of Paisley (Renfrewshire) and on the Clyde coast, where she now lives. Evelyn has also written several one-act stage plays, which are regularly performed all over the world, as well as short stories, pantomimes and children's musicals.
Genres: Historical, Sagas
New and upcoming books
Series
Paisley Women
1. Hidden Family Secrets (1986)
aka The Silken Thread
2. Bonds of Friendship (1988)
aka A Matter of Mischief
3. The Defiant Seamstress (1989)
aka The Damask Days
4. The Housekeeper's Promise (1985)
aka Stranger to the Town
1. Hidden Family Secrets (1986)
aka The Silken Thread
2. Bonds of Friendship (1988)
aka A Matter of Mischief
3. The Defiant Seamstress (1989)
aka The Damask Days
4. The Housekeeper's Promise (1985)
aka Stranger to the Town
Shopkeepers
1. The Shopkeeper's Heartbreak (1992)
aka This Time Next Year
2. The Shopkeeper's War (2026)
1. The Shopkeeper's Heartbreak (1992)
aka This Time Next Year
2. The Shopkeeper's War (2026)
Lennox Family Saga
1. A Mother's Honour (1996)
aka Another Day
2. A Daughter's Dreams (1997)
aka The Dancing Stone
3. A Wife's Plight (2007)
aka Birds in the Spring
1. A Mother's Honour (1996)
aka Another Day
2. A Daughter's Dreams (1997)
aka The Dancing Stone
3. A Wife's Plight (2007)
aka Birds in the Spring
Lowrie Family
1. Echoes of the Past (2000)
aka The Shimmer of the Herring
2. Hope for the Future (2003)
aka A Sparkle of Salt
1. Echoes of the Past (2000)
aka The Shimmer of the Herring
2. Hope for the Future (2003)
aka A Sparkle of Salt
Prior's Ford
1. Secrets in Prior's Ford (2008) (as by Eve Houston)
2. Drama Comes to Prior's Ford (2009) (as by Eve Houston)
3. Trouble in Prior's Ford (2009) (as by Eve Houston)
4. Scandal in Prior's Ford (2011) (as by Eve Houston)
5. Mystery in Prior's Ford (2011)
6. Return to Prior's Ford (2012)
7. Festival in Prior's Ford (2014)
1. Secrets in Prior's Ford (2008) (as by Eve Houston)
2. Drama Comes to Prior's Ford (2009) (as by Eve Houston)
3. Trouble in Prior's Ford (2009) (as by Eve Houston)
4. Scandal in Prior's Ford (2011) (as by Eve Houston)
5. Mystery in Prior's Ford (2011)
6. Return to Prior's Ford (2012)
7. Festival in Prior's Ford (2014)
Novels
The Kingmaker's Daughter (1974)
Fortune's Way (1987)
The Promise Box (1988) (as by Louise James)
A Woman of Conviction (1989) (as by Louise James)
aka Penny for a Song
A Pride of Sisters (1991)
A Handful of Happiness (1993)
McAdam's Women (1994)
Pebbles on the Beach (1995)
There Was an Old Woman (1998)
The Olive Grove (1998)
Time and Again (1998)
A Fisher Girl's Destiny (1999)
aka Gold Round the Edges
Rowan Cottage (1999)
A Dutiful Daughter (1999)
aka A Procession of One
Second Best (1999)
Destiny in Tenerife (2000)
Staying On (2001)
A Touch of Suspicion (2001)
Looking After Your Own (2002)
Knowing Me (2004)
A Certain Freedom (2005)
A Widow's Hope (2006)
aka Voices from the Sea
An Affair to Forget (2014)
Nowhere to Run (2014)
Fortune's Way (1987)
The Promise Box (1988) (as by Louise James)
A Woman of Conviction (1989) (as by Louise James)
aka Penny for a Song
A Pride of Sisters (1991)
A Handful of Happiness (1993)
McAdam's Women (1994)
Pebbles on the Beach (1995)
There Was an Old Woman (1998)
The Olive Grove (1998)
Time and Again (1998)
A Fisher Girl's Destiny (1999)
aka Gold Round the Edges
Rowan Cottage (1999)
A Dutiful Daughter (1999)
aka A Procession of One
Second Best (1999)
Destiny in Tenerife (2000)
Staying On (2001)
A Touch of Suspicion (2001)
Looking After Your Own (2002)
Knowing Me (2004)
A Certain Freedom (2005)
A Widow's Hope (2006)
aka Voices from the Sea
An Affair to Forget (2014)
Nowhere to Run (2014)
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