A Wild and Heavenly Place

When the City of Glasgow Bank fails in 1879, the newly penniless MacIntyre family must voyage around the world to Washington Territory for a new start at a coal mine near Seattle. Hailey MacIntyre is distraught but determined to care for her younger brother Geordie, even as she grieves her sudden parting from the bonny Samuel Fiddes. After a devastating mine explosion, Hailey makes a hasty decision to accept James Murray’s calculated offer of marriage. Unbeknownst to her, her beloved Samuel is only miles away, having sailed to the United States in search of her. Hailey and Samuel’s tormented love story takes readers through the boardinghouses, shanty towns, opium houses, and shipyards of a nascent Seattle. Hailey and Samuel are no Claire and Jamie, but readers will root for them regardless and revel in the beauty of the Pacific Northwest all the while.