The Randolph Family Saga, Book One: The Ballad of Tam Lin
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Austenian romantic comedy of manners meets whimsical folklore-inspired ‘speculative fantasy’! The Saga series debuts with an insightful coming-of-age fairytale for young-at-heart adults of all ages. This inspired retelling of the centuries-old Scottish folk ballad "Tam Lin”, set in the Scottish Borders country, takes its youthful protagonists on a fairytale journey of imaginative twists and turns. On May Eve of 1790, Janet, a very sheltered but wilful twenty-year-old Earl's daughter, wanders into Carterhaugh Wood. Handsome, seductive Tam Lin, who has been nineteen for seven years, accosts her in a magical glade of black roses. through an ever-shifting maze of love, doubt, trust, fear, honour, passion and laughable human foibles, both lad and lass mature and learn much about themselves. A lively supporting cast of quirky villains and allies enriches the plot. But will Tam Lin end by choosing the naïve girl who loves him, or the Elfin Queen, an ideal embodiment of passionate womanhood?
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