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Margaret Pinard

Biography

Margaret Pinard has spent her first few decades traveling the globe in search of adventures to incorporate into her writing, including living in the lands of the Celts, the cities of European fashion, and several dolce far niente Mediterranean cultures. Her novels include The Keening, a historical drama; Memory's Hostage, a historical mystery; and Dulci's Legacy, a YA mystery/fantasy hybrid. She resides in Portland, OR.

Where to find Margaret Pinard online

Website: http://margaretpinard.com
Twitter: @tastelifetwice
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: http://www.margaretpinard.com/blog/

Where to buy in print

http://www.margaretpinard.com/

Series

Remnants by
Follow the fortunes of the MacLean family of Mull as the generations grow through adversity, separation, and distrust. See how your Scottish forebears might have spread out across the Empire in the 19th century!
The Grasping Root
Price: $3.99 USD.
The Keening
Price: $3.99 USD.
Storm Wrack and Spindrift
Price: $3.99 USD.

Books

Storm Wrack and Spindrift by
Series: Remnants. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 83,590. Language: English. Published: November 21, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » United Kingdom, Fiction » Historical » Canada
In this 3rd novel about the MacLeans of Mull, readers follow the 2 younger children: Alisdair's ambition drives him to attain higher education, while Sheena returns to Scotland with her new husband, only to find she is confronting similar prejudices. The siblings struggle for recognition amid the backdrop of social change, culminating in difficult choices, and a breathtaking finish.
The Grasping Root by
Series: Remnants. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 86,680. Language: English. Published: November 3, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » Canada, Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier
Book 2 of Remnants opens with the MacLeans recovering from Gillan's death and working to become part of the community in the Nova Scotia wilderness. Muirne is moving toward marriage but confronted with a series of obstacles to the union, Neil works to win justice for their father's death but secretly feels lost, and all five of them suffer from the expulsion from Scotland in their different ways.
Memory's Hostage by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 63,360. Language: English. Published: April 4, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » Victorian
A privileged pair of brothers are shocked to find themselves in a scandal with an anonymous young woman at its center. In Victorian England, everything is about appearances, and so the brothers, the woman, and the policeman assigned to the case must dig into her past behind a veil of secrecy. Little do they know, something much darker lurks behind her memory loss...
The Keening by
Series: Remnants. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 71,880. Language: English. Published: December 2, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Historical » United Kingdom
A crofting family in western Scotland, 1822, must deal with the political and economic changes to their island home. Sheila and Gillan must adjust to the new industrializion or struggle against it until the tension breaks apart their family.
Dulci's Legacy by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 52,380. Language: English. Published: October 5, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Mystery & Detective
Dulci is a quiet, sensitive girl entering high school in Nova Scotia when she starts to see visions around her hometown that no one else can. When the visions start to threaten the people she holds dear, Dulci must solve the mystery of why it's happening, and perhaps settle a dispute that has been going on for centuries...and do it alone, since none of the adults in her life believe her story.

Margaret Pinard's tag cloud

19th century    adventure    amnesia    canada    canadian    clearances    detective    drama    family    female protagonist    first nation    french    frontier    heroine    historical    hypnosis    immigrants    immigration    indigenous    justice denied    mystery    nova scotia    religion    romance 1800s    saga    scotland    scottish    series    spiritualism    spy adventure    supernatural    suspense    time travel    victorian    yorkshire