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A Scottish Lighthouse Escape by Julie Shackman # #ScottishEscapesBook9 #PublicationDay

  Welcome to Book 9 in the Scottish Escapes series by Julie Shackman. A Scottish Lighthouse Escape  is published today on July 31st by One More Chapter . You can read my reviews of others in the Scottish Escapes series here   A Secret Scottish Escape . |  A Scottish Highland Surprise    |   The Cottage in the Highlands |   A Scottish Country Escape   |  The Bookshop by the Loch A Scottish Highland Hideaway   |   A Scottish Island Summer   Get ready to fall in love with the brand new romance in the Scottish Escapes series from bestselling author, Julie Shackman.   When romance author Rosie Winters’s own fairytale romance ends with a bang, she’s determined to get away from everything. Packing up her belongings she sets off for the furthest place she can think of: Scotland. Rosie spent her summers at her late grandmother’s coastal cottage in the Highlands and knows it’ll be the perfect place to wallow f...

Heathcliff by Sue Barnard #Review #Giveaway


 I am intrigued by today's featured book, Heathcliff by Sue Barnard. It seeks to answer a few questions as to what happened to Heathcliff in the three years he was away, in Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. I also have a great Giveaway for you - details on how to enter are at the foot of this post.
 
It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now…”


Cathy’s immortal words from Wuthering Heights change Heathcliff’s life.  At just seventeen years of age, heartbroken and penniless, he runs away to face an unknown future.


Three years later, he returns – much improved in manners, appearance and prosperity.


But what happened during those years? How could he have made his fortune, from nothing? Who might his parents have been? And what fate turned him into literature’s most famous anti-hero?


For almost two centuries, these questions have remained unanswered.

Until now…


My Thoughts

There is so much to delve into in this short novella. It is clear that Sue Barnard has researched the period and there is a lot of detail in the depiction of life in Liverpool and the ways of the traders. Some of this is quite shocking. You see Heathcliff in a different light as he develops, not always in a good way.

    The author has also tried hard to mesh the story within the original book. It is split into periods of Heathcliff's life and has a possible hypothesis for his origin. It is written through the eyes of a whole range of characters although there is no overall narration. You therefore see the same scene through different perspectives. If you love the original and are interested in the nineteenth century, you will find something to love in this writing.

In short: Unanswered questions about Heathcliff lead to possibilities. 
About the Author


Sue Barnard is a British novelist, editor and award-winning poet whose family background is far stranger than any work of fiction. She would write a book about it if she thought anybody would believe her. 


Sue was born in North Wales but has spent most of her life in and around Manchester. She speaks French like a Belgian, German like a schoolgirl, and Italian and Portuguese like an Englishwoman abroad.
Her mind is so warped that she has appeared on BBC TV’s Only Connect quiz show, and she has also compiled questions for BBC Radio 4's fiendishly difficult Round Britain Quiz. This once caused one of her sons to describe her as "professionally weird." The label has stuck.

Sue’s first novel, The Ghostly Father (a new take on the traditional story of Romeo & Juliet), was officially released on St Valentine's Day 2014.  Since then she has produced five more novels: Nice Girls Don’t (2014), The Unkindest Cut of All (2015), Never on Saturday (2017), Heathcliff (2018), and Finding Nina (2019).
Sue now lives in Cheshire, UK, with her extremely patient husband and a large collection of unfinished scribblings.  

You can follow Sue here:  Blog  |  Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Instagram
                                        |  Amazon Author Page  |  RNA

Book link: Amazon US   |  Amazon UK
Thanks to Sue Barnard  and Rachel of Rachel's Random Resource  for a copy of the book and a place on the tour. 

                                                                          Giveaway  UK only



Giveaway to win a signed copy of Heathcliff (UK Only), just follow the link below and good luck!


*Terms and Conditions –UK entries welcome.  Please enter using the Rafflecopter box below.  The winner will be selected at random via Rafflecopter from all valid entries and will be notified by Twitter and/or email. If no response is received within 7 days then Rachel’s Random Resources reserves the right to select an alternative winner. Open to all entrants aged 18 or over.  Any personal data given as part of the competition entry is used for this purpose only and will not be shared with third parties, with the exception of the winners’ information. This will passed to the giveaway organiser and used only for fulfilment of the prize, after which time Rachel’s Random Resources will delete the data.  I am not responsible for despatch or delivery of the prize.
   
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