First published 2024
Lizzie Craig grows up with her grandparents on Belhaven Farm in late nineteenth century Scotland. As a small child, she discovers she can glimpse future events through mysterious visions she calls "pictures." These flashes show her accidents and incidents before they happen, but she learns she cannot prevent them. The adults never tell her about an older sister who will arrive to join their family. When Louis comes to Belhaven for harvest season, he courts Lizzie and awakens feelings no one prepared her for. She follows him to Glasgow but discovers his devotion has boundaries. Confronted with an impossible decision, Lizzie makes a choice that devastates her. Yet her gift of second sight might offer her another opportunity to find her way forward.
Genres: romance, historical-fiction, 19th-century, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, second-chance
Setting: Belhaven, Belhaven Farm, Glasgow, Scotland
Period: 19th Century
272 pages · Hardcover · Knopf