Böcker av Anne Stormont

Sparks fly in this love-against-the-odds romanceEstranged from her mother, cheated on by her ex and grieving the loss of her brother, emotionally distraught Sophie Campbell decides she needs to focus on her career as a researcher for a TV and radio broadcaster. What she doesn't need is a man in her life. And as for marriage and children - definitely not.Honourably discharged from the British army following life-changing injuries sustained while serving in Afghanistan, Steven Jackson is rehabilitated and embracing life to the full. Working as the manager of a support centre for military veterans brings him a great sense of pride and achievement. But he wants more. He wants to meet the love of his life, and to one day be a husband and father. When Sophie and Steven meet through work, there's an undeniable chemistry between the two thirty-somethings. But will Steven's open, caring and patient ways be enough to break down Sophie's barriers and allow a relationship to develop between them?Set in the Scottish city of Glasgow, Baby Steps is a contemporary romance which tells a story of love against the odds.**************Baby Steps is a spin-off novel from Anne Stormont's Skye Series of novels. Sophie is the daughter of Rachel one of the main characters in that series and features as a character in the supporting cast, as does Steven. However, Baby Steps can be read as a standalone.

Can love truly heal old wounds? Can the past ever be put peacefully to rest? If you like a complex, grown-up romance with lots of raw emotion, dramatic and exotic settings, all mixed in with some international politics and laced with elements of a crime thriller, then this is the book for you.Falling in love is the easy bit. Happy ever after requires work, commitment and honesty.She wants him to be her friend and lover. He wants her as his wife. Can a compromise be reached? Or are things truly over between them?When former Edinburgh policeman Jack Baxter met crofter and author Rachel Campbell at her home on the Scottish island of Skye, they fell in love. It was a second chance at happiness for them both.But after Jack proposes marriage, it becomes clear they want different things.Then, as Rachel prepares to return to the Middle East to work on a peacemaking project that's close to her heart, and as Jack's past catches up with him, it seems their relationship is doomed.Can Rachel compromise on her need to maintain her hard-won independence?Can Jack survive the life-threatening situation in which he finds himself?Will they get the chance to put things right between them?Settlement is the sequel to literary romance novel, Displacement, but it can be read as a stand-alone.

From the Scottish Hebrides to the Middle-East, Displacement is a soul-searching journey from grief to reclamation of self, and a love-story where romance and realism meet head-on.Divorce, the death of her soldier son and estrangement from her daughter, leave Hebridean crofter, Rachel Campbell, grief-stricken, lonely and lost. Forced retirement leaves former Edinburgh policeman Jack Baxter needing to find a new direction for his life. When Rachel meets Jack in dramatic circumstances on a wild winter's night on the island of Skye, a friendship develops, despite very different personalities. Gradually their feelings for each other go beyond friendship. Something neither of them feels able to admit. And it seems unlikely they'll get the chance to because Rachel is due to leave for several months to visit family in Israel - where she aims to re-root and reroute her life.Set against the contrasting and dramatic backdrops of the Scottish island of Skye and the contested country of Israel-Palestine, Displacement is a story of life-affirming courage and love.