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Patterson Trilogy #3
Creature Comforts
Elspeth and Anna Patterson of Balnesmoor have married well: Elspeth to a wealthy wool merchant, Anna to the son of a respected factor. But they are not happy. The two married sisters, leading oddly parallel lives, find themselves entanglement in a web of infidelity, scandal, and heartache in the midst of Wellington's Peninsular War on the continent.
384 pages, Unknown Binding
First published August 1, 1986
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About the author
Jessica Stirling
70 books18 followersA pseudonym used by Hugh C. Rae, initially in collaboration with Peggie Coghlan and later alone.
Hugh Crauford Rae was born on November 22, 1935 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK, son of Isobel and Robert Rae. He published his first stories aged 11 in the Robin comic, winning a cricket bat the same year in a children’s writing competition. After graduating from secondary school, he worked as an assistant in the antiquarian department of John Smith's bookshop. At work, he met her future wife, Elizabeth. Published since 1963, he started to wrote suspense novels as Hugh C. Rae, but he also used the pseudonyms of Robert Crawford, R.B. Houston, Stuart Stern (with S. Ungar) and James Albany. On 1973, his novel "The Shooting Gallery" was nominee by the Edgar Award. On 1974, he wrote the first few romance novels with Peggie Coghlan, using the popular pseudonym Jessica Stirling. However, when she retired 7 years after the first book was published, he continued writing more than 30 on his own, and also as Caroline Crosby. His female pseudonyms first became widely known in 1999, when "The Wind from the Hills" was shortlisted for Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Widowed nine years ago, Hugh died on September 24, 2014 at the age of 78.
Hugh Crauford Rae was born on November 22, 1935 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK, son of Isobel and Robert Rae. He published his first stories aged 11 in the Robin comic, winning a cricket bat the same year in a children’s writing competition. After graduating from secondary school, he worked as an assistant in the antiquarian department of John Smith's bookshop. At work, he met her future wife, Elizabeth. Published since 1963, he started to wrote suspense novels as Hugh C. Rae, but he also used the pseudonyms of Robert Crawford, R.B. Houston, Stuart Stern (with S. Ungar) and James Albany. On 1973, his novel "The Shooting Gallery" was nominee by the Edgar Award. On 1974, he wrote the first few romance novels with Peggie Coghlan, using the popular pseudonym Jessica Stirling. However, when she retired 7 years after the first book was published, he continued writing more than 30 on his own, and also as Caroline Crosby. His female pseudonyms first became widely known in 1999, when "The Wind from the Hills" was shortlisted for Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Widowed nine years ago, Hugh died on September 24, 2014 at the age of 78.
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October 11, 2021
The 1st book in this Patterson series was Treasure on Earth. Creature Comforts is the 2nd book and Treasure on Earth the 3rd.
What an adventurous page turner novel this 2nd of the Patterson series turned out to be. I don't want to give any spoilers to this very interesting tale. I recommend you read the Jessica Stirling books in order because they are the continuing story of the main characters Gaddy and her daughter Anna and her adopted daughter Elspeth and the families they become entwined in.
I am starting on book 3 tonight.
If you love historical fiction set in the wild beautty of Scotland you should read this series.
What an adventurous page turner novel this 2nd of the Patterson series turned out to be. I don't want to give any spoilers to this very interesting tale. I recommend you read the Jessica Stirling books in order because they are the continuing story of the main characters Gaddy and her daughter Anna and her adopted daughter Elspeth and the families they become entwined in.
I am starting on book 3 tonight.
If you love historical fiction set in the wild beautty of Scotland you should read this series.
January 15, 2024
Sehr tolle und super spannende Geschichte. Freu mich schon auf den dritten Teil.
July 3, 2014
A great sequel! Whisky running, dark secrets coming to light, infidelity, madness, class warfare and murder. What more could you need? On to book 3!
October 12, 2014
really enjoyed it
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