For the Love of Eilidh
Available now on Kindle
Despite fame in the high mountains, Dr Eddie Campbell is a lonely man. Now he has the chance for love with a beautiful woman, 13 years his junior. But there is a problem – Eilidh’s adulterous husband, Nicholas. He’s a high-flying executive and partner in Caerketton International, a thriving Edinburgh accountancy firm.
Eddie risks his reputation saving Eilidh’s life on the infamous Cuillins of Skye, in a spring blizzard. Far from being the hero, he is accused of rape by an ambitious detective, and Nicholas.
The action moves to Mont Blanc and then to Arctic blizzards in the Cairngorms. At stake is Eilidh’s love and Nicholas’ fortune from the sale of Caerketton. But Eddie is not alone in vying for the prize. Is this a classic love triangle, or is something much more sinister at work?
Cover image – Es Tressider on the In Pin in his record-breaking Cuillin traverse, 2007. Photo by Ben Wear. Cover design by Lumphanan Press
A little taster
In the eerie, flat light of the aftermath, Eddie scanned the churned morass of snow. He knew to look for tips of poles, or a slight discolouration of the snow from the bright colour of their clothing.
He walked methodically up and down the debris and there it was, the tip of a pole. At the end would be a wrist strap and on that would be the arm of one of his comrades.
He dug furiously with gloved hands in the same way miners clawed at rock and boulders, to free their fellow men in the collapsed remains of broken tunnels they had hewn together with pick and shovel. Men who had shared every moment of their lives; their hopes and fears, their passions and hatred, their sweat and toil, and their very existence as a brotherhood of fellow beings.
Those men covered in sweat, stripped to the waist in the confined claustrophobic heat issuing from the Earth’s core, and bodies smeared with the black grime of coal, were the same breed as Eddie.
Reviews of For the Love of Eilidh
Brilliant! This has something for everyone – murder, mystery, intrigue, love, tragedy and betrayal, as well as education on the Cairngorm mountains!
Lynn MoffattAn absolute page turner, really enjoyed it. Maybe I’m not the best judge but I could really see this turned into a film or TV drama. Loved the bits in the mountains and the fact that you used real places. Get on the blower to Ken Loach!
Bill BreckenridgeThanks for sending me your book. I think the thing that made it for me was the authenticity of the places you write about and your vivid descriptions. If you write any more, I’d be pleased to read them.
John SalisburyThe first thing is that I really wanted to turn the pages and I don’t think there is anything more important. This may have had something to do with the elements that struck a chord – hills and all that – but it certainly had a lot to do with the plotting.
Angus GrayThe books
Romantic thrillers set largely in the Scottish Highlands.
For the Love of Eilidh
A Curse of Two Isles
Beyond the Infinity of Empty Space
For the Love of Francesca