Of Shells and Serendipity
A sea change: Love at first sight
Elspeth “Elsie” Abercrombie is a dutiful daughter—to a point. Although her mother tries to persuade her to marry a local man, Elsie prefers to study biology, especially marine animals.
Dr. Magnus MacPherson is a physician at the University of Edinburgh Medical School, and comes to St. Andrews to teach at the medical school there for the summer term. He originally planned to return home to the Isle of Skye to establish a sanatorium until a sea change happens: a chance encounter with Miss Abercrombie and it’s love at first sight.
Can Elsie and Magnus reconcile their dreams and ambitions and find a love as deep and enduring as the constant sea?
I was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, but never lived there as I was whisked off to various places in the UK and Gibraltar (Spain) as my father was in the Royal Air Force (RAF). We eventually settled down in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England and I commuted to London until I accepted a job in Lugano, Switzerland and worked there for a year. I also vacationed in various places in Europe. I came to Utah to study at Brigham Young University where I received a BA in English and a MA in Rhetoric. I worked as secretary/administrative assistant in various departments at the university for 29 years and also taught academic first-year writing (English Composition) for 10 years. I met my husband in Utah so I eventually settled down in one place to raise our four children.
Living in the western United States, I miss the ancient buildings and historical sites of Europe. It's one of the reasons I decided to write historical fiction, to explore places I knew from a historical perspective. I also read a lot of historical novels including Regency romances. I am a genealogist/family historian so I'm steeped in the past. I even grow antique roses.
Read the Victorians at the Beach series:
Between Shores and Scandals by Jill E. Warner
Of Fossils and Follies by Sienna Peake
Amidst Ruins and Remembrances by Amy Newbold
Of Sea and Sorrow by Heloise C. Kensington
Of Shells and Serendipity by Karen M. Edwards
