Dark Birthright

by Treat, Jeanne

• ISBN13: 9780972167482
• ISBN10: 097216748X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-01
• Publisher: Bruce & Bruce Inc

Summary

In 1619 in Scotland, a time of intolerance, when Catholics and Protestants disagree and healers are hanged as witches, a child born of mysterious parentage is given to fisher folk to raise as their son. Dughall grows up in a family bound by love and morality, becomes a healer, and displays psychic abilities. His life is torn apart when he's claimed by his real father, a cruel and powerful lord who tries to mold him in his image. Dughall must define himself, in the midst of a struggle between an Earl, a Duke, and the family who wants him back. All the while, he's determined to marry the lass he left behind. 'Dark Birthright' is a story reflecting the political, religious, and cultural dynamics of 17th century Scotland. It paints a picture of life in the Highlands, as well as the fisher folk and a village of witches worshipping the Goddess

Author Biography

Jeanne Treat was born and raised in Western New York, near the shores of the mighty Niagara. The great-granddaughter of a Native American medicine woman, she also has ancestry from Scotland, England, and France. To research this book, she traveled to Scotland to visit castles, seaports, and stone circles, and talk to local historians. To make it authentic, she investigated ancient earth-based spiritual traditions and spent time with their modern counterparts.Dark Birthright will be followed by a sequel in 2008. It is the first in a trilogy. Jeanne also has plans for a historical romance set in the days of the gold rush and a dark fantasy called The Wolfshifter Chronicles.Ms Treat has published in local and regional newspapers, anthologies, and magazines. She has spoken on diverse topics including Spirit Guides and Totem Animals, The Law of Attraction, and Chaos Theory and the Butterfly Effect.