The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley

The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley

"I've loved every one of Susanna's books! She has bedrock research and a butterfly's delicate touch with characters--sure recipe for historical fiction that sucks you in and won't let go!"--DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Outlander

Archaeologist Verity Grey has been drawn to the dark legends of the Scottish Borderlands in search of the truth buried in a rocky field by the sea, in this darkly romantic novel of historical fiction by bestselling author Susanna Kearsley.

The invincible ninth Roman Legion marches from York to fight the Northern tribes, and then vanishes from the pages of history. When Verity Grey goes looking for them in modern-day Scotland, she may find more than she bargained for.

Her eccentric boss has spent his whole life searching for the resting place of the lost Ninth Roman Legion and is convinced he's finally found it--not because of any scientific evidence, but because a local boy has "seen" a Roman soldier walking in the fields, a ghostly sentinel who guards the bodies of his long-dead comrades.

Here on the windswept Scottish shores, Verity may find the answer to one of the great unsolved mysteries of the historical record. Or she may uncover secrets from the romantic past that were buried for a reason.

Fans of historical romance will be completely transported by The Shadowy Horses, an exquisite novel of Scottish historical fiction.

Also by Susanna Kearsley:

The Winter Sea

A Desperate Fortune

The Firebird

The Rose Garden

The Splendour Falls

Season of Storms

Mariana

Named of the Dragon

Bellewether

Susanna Kearsley, a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, has been compared to Mary Stewart, Daphne Du Maurier, and Diana Gabaldon. She recently debuted on the best-seller charts in the United States. with RITA-nominated The Rose Garden, winner of a RT Reviewers Choice Award for Best Historical Fantasy/Paranormal, and RITA-nominated The Winter Sea, which was also a nominee for the UK's Romantic Novel of the Year Award and winner of a RT Reviewers Choice Award for Best Historical Fiction. Her books have been translated into numerous languages, chosen for the Mystery Guild, reduced for Reader's Digest, and optioned for film. She lives near the beaches of Lake Ontario in Canada.