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*NOTE: The original version released on Friday, September 27, 2024 had a chapter out of place. This issue has since been resolved.*
The devils own luck
Hamilton Anderson is the luckiest fellow in Scotland, or so people say. Everything he touches turns to gold. Having been given the running of the herring boat business his father had begun decades before, Hamilton continues the earls work with gusto, creating a shipping business that exports Scottish herring, whisky, and wool to a voracious market before trying his hand at running a distillery. Theres no shortage of whisky in Wick, but Hamilton��s is the finest, and much in demand. The only fly in his ointment is the Reverend Robert Halliday, who seems intent on spoiling Hamiltons fun.
To bear and forbear
Miss Clara Halliday considers herself a sensible and strong-willed young woman with a good deal of fortitude a necessary attribute if one is to endure her fathers sermons every Sunday. While she believes she is as godly and Christian as the next young lady, her rather prosaic attitude to life stands her in good stead when her father takes her to live in Wick, which from his description seems to be a veritable Sodom and Gomorrah. There she inevitably crosses paths with the man her father has condemned as Satan in the flesh and, much to her dismay, finds herself unwillingly charmed by the wicked man.
Not that shes about to let him know that.
A terrible temptation
Of all the daft things Hamilton has done in his life, getting involved with a vicars daughter is not one of them, until now. Yet being scolded and lectured by Clara Halliday is Hamiltons new favourite pastime, with the possible exception of teasing her and making her blush. Yet the Reverend Halliday is out to destroy Hamilton with a temperance movement, which is not everything it seems to be. As feelings run high, Hamilton realises hes not playing games anymore.
Yet, try as he might, proving to the lovely Clara hes not the devil hes been painted is becoming increasingly complicated.
Genre: Historical Romance
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