Started very interestingly, then slowed a bit, then bounced back so that I couldn’t put it down till I finished. Beautiful story written beautifully. All that glitters is not gold, sometimes the gold is in the heart.

I was truly taken by surprise at how special this book turned out to be. I thought it would be a light historical romance novel with some folk tales imbued in it. However, it was much more than that--A story about finding your own identity, loyalty, the power of a mother's love (adoption), and even an underlying story of a child with autism and how a single mother does the best for him at a time with so little knowledge and tolerance for it.  I was in tears by the time it came to an end. The pacing never wavered and I couldn't put it down.  The only negative is that I wanted the story to continue and the epilogue was way too short. I wanted more; more Effie and Lachlan in Scotland, and more Morna and Jack.