Marianne Fraser has been blind since birth and she was widowed in her twenties when her husband was killed in the Piper Alpha Disaster. She shares a flat in Edinburgh with her sister, who is an author. One day by chance she meets Keir Hardy on the street outside her home. They share a love of music and he takes her to stay in his remote cottage on the Isle of Skye near Broadford. However Keir is a geophysicist and works on oil rigs and although she finds herself falling in love with him, Marianne is scared of getting too close to him in case she loses him too. Then she discovers she is pregnant but decides not to tell Keir. The story is a bit slow moving and towards the end I found Marianne's attitude to Keir very annoying. However there is a satisfactory outcome and Skye is described quite well. 6/10
Islands covered - Skye
Broadford Harbour, Skye
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