The Inheritance

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CHANGE IS coming'
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il. Eve
r F JS^ Macgregor T\illock^^o Jie
^cl,-loved gra^®^!^ David. But when it is |a<^egor left no will. D.vidVcilculatm^ cousin
own claim to the inheritance, an estate that cox^ " » most of the island's land. And Hardy knows a North Sea oxl investor who will pay dearly for that controL
While the competing claims are investigated, the courts have rpzen the estate's assets, leaving many of the locals in dire ^imancxal straits. The future of the island-and its traditional
way of life-hangs in the balance.
Meanwhile. Loni Ford is enjoying her rising career in a large investment firm in Washington. D.C. Yet. in spite of her outward success, she is privately plagued by questions of identity. Orphaned as a young child, she was raised by her paternal grandparents, and while she loves them dearly, she feels completely detached from her roots. That is, until a mysterious letter arrives from a Scottish solicitor____
Past and present... Tovább

Fülszöveg

CHANGE IS coming'
rO WHALES REE







il. Eve
r F JS^ Macgregor T\illock^^o Jie
^cl,-loved gra^®^!^ David. But when it is |a<^egor left no will. D.vidVcilculatm^ cousin
own claim to the inheritance, an estate that cox^ " » most of the island's land. And Hardy knows a North Sea oxl investor who will pay dearly for that controL
While the competing claims are investigated, the courts have rpzen the estate's assets, leaving many of the locals in dire ^imancxal straits. The future of the island-and its traditional
way of life-hangs in the balance.
Meanwhile. Loni Ford is enjoying her rising career in a large investment firm in Washington. D.C. Yet. in spite of her outward success, she is privately plagued by questions of identity. Orphaned as a young child, she was raised by her paternal grandparents, and while she loves them dearly, she feels completely detached from her roots. That is, until a mysterious letter arrives from a Scottish solicitor____
Past and present collide in master storyteller Michael Phillip«' dramatic new saga of loss and discovery, of grasping and grace.
D AV ID TULLOCH drove the remaining mile out of the village to the house he affectionately referred to as his "wee cottage," to distinguish it from the Cottage of the laird which had stood vacant in the three months since Macgregor Tulloch's death.
He had not expected the legalities and protocols to take quite this long. He had continued to pay his uncle's hired help out of his own pocket until the estate was settled. Keeping the Cottage and Auld Hoose functioning somewhat normally, however, was a different matter than a factory of three dozen employees with families to feed.
This news from Murdoc was a serious blow. Obviously the drying up of funds to meet the payroll must be due to some delay in resolving his uncle's estate. Like the rest of the island, the Mill property was owned by the laird. But why income from sale of the Mill's woolen products had stopped flowing was of
serious concern.
He had always assumed that the regular monthly stipend he received had been provided for him in his parents' wills. However, his stipend had ceased in August too, exactly as Murdoc said was the case with deposits to the Mill's account. He had been so busy he had put off investigating it. For the immediate present he had had enough income from other sources for the matter not to have been pressing.
It now looked like he should have been more proactive about finding out what was going on. Especially if the two situations were related. A disruption in both his and the Mill's bank accounts at exactly the same time could hardly be a coincidence
MICHAEL PHILLIPS
is a bestselling author who has penned more than seventy books, both fiction and nonfiction. In addition, he has served as editor/redactor of nearly thirty more books. Over the past thirty years, his persistent efforts have helped reawaken interest in the writings of nineteenth century Scotsman George MacDonald. Michael and his wife, Judy, spend
time each year in Scotland, but make their home near Sacramento, California. Visit Michael's website at www.macdonaldphillips.com. Vissza