Barbara Greig is a dedicated writer of historical fiction, driven by a profound engagement with the past. Her novels are crafted with a deep appreciation for history, bringing bygone eras to life. Drawing from her background in teaching history, she creates compelling narratives that transport readers. Her work offers an immersive journey into different times and settings.
Discovery: an epic tale of love, loss, and courage. Set against a back-drop of European persecution and New World conflict, Discovery weaves together the moving stories of three generations of the Gharsia family in the tumultuous early seventeenth century.
A tale of triumph over adversity, self-discovery, and the power of love Sunderland, 2019. Eve Cummins starts looking into the history behind an old, homemade valentine found in a box of family memorabilia. Her search takes her to Canada, on to Shetland and back to Sunderland. Shetland, 1849. A young blacksmith, Gideon Thompson, makes the difficult decision to leave Lerwick, and the girl he admires, in the hope of earning enough to save his family from destitution. He travels far from his island home to the wilderness of Rupert's Land. As Eve follows Gideon's journey, accompanied by enigmatic rancher, Joel Baxter, she feels an affinity to the young blacksmith and discovers more than she could imagine.