One Summer's Day — Catherine Airlie

After years in America, Aunt Betsy Bellinger was determined to settle down in her native Scotland. She planned to buy the little Hebridian island of Corrae, and took a Ailsa along to inspect it and approve. But how could she, knowing what parting with his family home would mean to the owner, Huntley MacLaren?

Huntley, whom Ailsa loved, but who would never marry her now that he had nothing to offer her.