Twilight Time

by Emma Blair

Their young carefree days are over, but they've shaped Crista and Maggs' lives...

The Devonshire village of Ford is full of excitement and curiosity at the arrival of their new doctor, the dashing young Scotsman, Jamie Murray. Among the fluttering female hearts are sisters Maggs and Crista Fletcher. And though Maggs frequents the local pub, the Angel, in the hope of a chance meeting with the young doctor, it is Crista to whom Jamie has taken a shine.

Not that Maggs is exactly drinking on her own. Her admirers include Dickie Trippett, her childhood sweetheart, now scarred for life in the First World War, and handsome, confident and rich Rupert Swain, son and heir to the local paper mill. For Maggs, there is no contest as to where her affections Rupert wins hands down.

Except that Rupert is a member of the most hated family in the Swains run the paper mill in the most ruthless and cruel fashion, paying the lowest rates in dangerous working conditions. And just as Maggs cannot reveal the object of her love, Rupert wouldn't dream of doing so either. As far as he's concerned, she is just another village girl to be loved and left.

Genres: Historical Romance

510 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Iain Blair was born on 12 August 1942 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was an actor and writer, married with the also writer Jane Blanchard. Initially he wrote plays for theatre and television, but later began to write novels. He started out writing suspense novels as Iain Blair, but after being unsuccessful with this genre, switched to writing popular historical romance fiction sagas. But according to his Web site, Iain Blair's publishers decided he'd sell far more books simply by being published as a woman because is a women's fiction genre. "I was given absolutely no choice in the matter. They'd decided on a sex change and even the name. So that was that. Emma I became and Emma I've stayed." His true identity remained a secret until 1998 when his novel Flower of Scotland was nominated for the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association Awards, which required him to admit to being the author. He passed away on 3 July 2011 in Torquay, Devon, England.

Reviews

[Karen Norman · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very easy read with not a lot of story - mainly about Devon village life. Pleasant but not exciting

[charlene morrison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fab

Loved this book!! Another great one by Emma Blair I just adore all the books now to go buy another lol

[Lynn Hutchinson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pleasant holiday read.

[Cheryll · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love historical fiction! This was a nice easy read but I didn't like the jump to 1967 when all of a sudden it was the tenth anniversary...