"The Winter Sea" is a novel by Susanna Kearsley. She basically wrote two novels in one. The main character, Carrie McClelland, is the author of historic novels and she's researching the possible connection to her family of a young woman named Sophia Paterson who was thought to have married into the McClelland family in the early 1700's. It brought Carrie to Slain Castle in Scotland and from there she's caught up in the story and feels she's actually a recipient of Sophia's thoughts. The time frame is when King James the VIII of Scotland and the III of England. He's in exile in France while his sister rules England. The Jacobites want him to have the throne and conspiracy abounds with the effort to get him back to Scotland. Very enjoyable.
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