Scotland, 1866. In the wake of the railroad construction, a friendship is forged that will outlast generations.

Thirteen years after the railway thundered into the Scottish Borders, life has changed forever. But for the children left behind by the men who built it, some legacies run deeper than iron and steam. Kitty Scott – wild and unwanted – finds an unlikely ally in Marie Benjamin, a newcomer facing her own battles.

Their bond carries them from childhood mischief in the windswept hills to the bustling cosmopolitan cities of Edinburgh, London, and Paris, where love, loss, and the pull of the past shape their paths.

As secrets surface and loyalties are tested, Kitty and Marie must decide what endures when everything else changes.

A moving, richly woven saga for fans of Fenella J. Miller, Rachel Brimble, and May Ellis.

Elisabeth McNeill was born in Fife and spent her childhood in Scotland. She is a journalist and prolific writer of fiction and non-fiction.