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Cloudhover Solstice
Yorkshire 1857
When a kittiwake, far inland from its clifftop home, plummets wounded onto the deck of ‘Thistle,’ their Humber keel, determined dreamer Thirza, the canal lass and her beloved Bram, the shy and sensitive marshman along with their faithful canine companion Piper, find themselves blown off course and all at sea in Flamborough.
Swept up in an emotional romantic adventure they face a race against time to rescue endangered seabirds, amid rumours, myths, smugglers, suspicion, hostility, egg collectors, gun-happy day-trippers, the feather trade, an eccentric naturalist, a recluse living on Danes Dyke, a shady sexton, a rookie lighthouse keeper, secret caves, a forty year old tragedy and the mysterious ‘Cloudhover of Chatterthrow’ before the sun itself stands still at the summer solstice.
From the author of ‘Goatsucker Harvest’ comes this gripping sequel, full of romance, humour, intrigue, passion, fantasy and some quite literal cliffhangers, a love song to Yorkshire, wildlife, courage and compassion.
When a kittiwake, far inland from its clifftop home, plummets wounded onto the deck of ‘Thistle,’ their Humber keel, determined dreamer Thirza, the canal lass and her beloved Bram, the shy and sensitive marshman along with their faithful canine companion Piper, find themselves blown off course and all at sea in Flamborough.
Swept up in an emotional romantic adventure they face a race against time to rescue endangered seabirds, amid rumours, myths, smugglers, suspicion, hostility, egg collectors, gun-happy day-trippers, the feather trade, an eccentric naturalist, a recluse living on Danes Dyke, a shady sexton, a rookie lighthouse keeper, secret caves, a forty year old tragedy and the mysterious ‘Cloudhover of Chatterthrow’ before the sun itself stands still at the summer solstice.
From the author of ‘Goatsucker Harvest’ comes this gripping sequel, full of romance, humour, intrigue, passion, fantasy and some quite literal cliffhangers, a love song to Yorkshire, wildlife, courage and compassion.
390 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 31, 2025
About the author
Joyce Barrass
3 books8 followersJoyce's early enchantment with the wonder of words blossomed into a lifetime's passion for writing. She was once described as having "a pen where her mouth should be." Her native Yorkshire's history, wildlife, and her ancestors' secrets are sources of inspiration in her fiction.
Joyce's debut novel "Goatsucker Harvest" is unique historical fiction with a dollop of Yorkshire whimsy, a frisson of mystery, a peek into hidden places, a setting of sails, a whiff of menace, a heartskip of romance, a turning of pages in the dead of the night. Joyce is working on a Thirza and Bram sequel, "Cloudhover Solstice" set along the Yorkshire coast in 1856.
Joyce's blog: "Pinwheels and Rainbows: Sense and Serendipity" http://jobiskaspinwheel.blogspot.co.uk/
Joyce's debut novel "Goatsucker Harvest" is unique historical fiction with a dollop of Yorkshire whimsy, a frisson of mystery, a peek into hidden places, a setting of sails, a whiff of menace, a heartskip of romance, a turning of pages in the dead of the night. Joyce is working on a Thirza and Bram sequel, "Cloudhover Solstice" set along the Yorkshire coast in 1856.
Joyce's blog: "Pinwheels and Rainbows: Sense and Serendipity" http://jobiskaspinwheel.blogspot.co.uk/
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