Here Burns My Candle
Liz Curtis Higgs
WaterBrook Press
softcover, 480 pages, $14.99
978-1-400-07001-5
March 16
Higgs returns to Scotland and to historical fiction with Here Burns My Candle, a romantic drama set in the mid-18th century and a retelling of the Old Testament story of Naomi and Ruth.

Lady Elisabeth has married Lord Donald Kerr, which takes her to a much higher class than the one to whom her own family belongs. Living with her husband, his mother, Marjory, his brother Andrew and his brothers wife, Janet, has convinced Elisabeth that she will probably never fit in with her husband′s family.

Elisabeth′s life even harder when Lady Marjory blames her when Lord Donald and his brother decide to wage war on the side of the former prince regent, who is of the lower classes. But, when tragedy strikes, Elisabeth will prove to her mother-in-law and to the rest of her new family that she is a strong and worthy woman.

Higgs takes readers through Scottish history, using some Scottish words for a more authentic journey. Fans of her previous series ″Lowlands of Scotland″ will enjoy Here Burns My Candle.
-Tanya Ohle

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