{"product_id":"9781785307751","title":"A Fire in Their Hearts : Claiming their freedom was their only crime","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Philip Paris\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 2 July 2026 by Bonnier Books Ltd (Black and White Publishing) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 400 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 129 | 0g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A memorable novel' - The Sunday Times'A gripping story'  - The Scotsman'A poignant love story suffused with a deep, moving humanity' - The HeraldSCOTLAND, 1662.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne love. One belief. One eternal flame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs civil war tears through the country and King Charles II tightens his grip on the Church of Scotland, childhood sweethearts Violet and Samuel are drawn into a dangerous struggle for the freedom to follow their belief. Their connection - quiet, instinctive, and deeply rooted - becomes the anchor that steadies them as the world closes in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBranded as rebels and imprisoned in Greyfriars Kirkyard, they are forced from their homeland and sent to work on the sugar plantations of Barbados. When a shipwreck off Orkney separates them, Violet must navigate a foreign land alone, holding fast to the steady belief that Samuel may still be alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Scotland's lowlands to the Caribbean's unforgiving plantations, A Fire in Their Hearts follows two souls bound by conviction and a love that endures - across oceans, war and captivity. Inspired by extraordinary true events of the seventeenth-century Killing Times, it is a story of resilience, faith and an unextinguished flame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Fire in Their Hearts is a powerful, epic tale of love, faith and survival by the bestselling author of The Last Witch of Scotland, Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Heartfelt and devastating . . . Philip Paris's remarkable story-telling brings some of the darkest episodes in Scottish history memorably to light.'S.G. MacLEAN, bestselling author of The Bookseller of Inverness'Touching and dramatic . . . A beautifully written page-turner. Highly recommended.' ELISABETH GIFFORD, author of The Lost Lights of St Kilda\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57222627557751,"sku":"9781785307751","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781785307751.jpg?v=1782402515","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781785307751","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}