Out of the Past — Christine Marion Fraser

Devastated by the death of her mother and constant brutal treatment from the man she thought she loved, Andrea feels much older than her twenty-two years. Needing a complete change of scenery, she agrees to spend a month in the wild, remote Scottish highlands on Balgower farm where she grew up. Enveloped by her Aunt Nell's generous-albeit gossipy-hospitality, Rea slowly begins to thaw both in body and spirit. But her fragile peace of mind is rudely shattered by the reappearance of Leo Sinclair, local boy-made-good, and now a debonair famous novelist.