Jamie MacLeod: Highland Lass — Judith Pella; Michael Phillips

Pondering the mystery of her father's death, watching the emotional pain of another's rejection, stretching for the elusive dreams that led her on, discovering the chance for love -- all this is…

JAMIE MACLEOD HIGHLAND LASS

Orphaned at the tender age of seven, Jamie MacLeod comes to live with her grandfather on the wild but beautiful mountain called Donachie. As a Scottish shepherd lass, Jamie begins to look into the distance, scanning her horizons for what life can offer. The only hope she has to validate her own existence is in fulfilling her father's dying dream that somehow she rise from her humble beginnings -- the poverty and restrictions of her upbringing -- to become a lady of distinction, to be someone in the world.

This, then is the story of Jamie's quest for nobility, a journey leading from the land of her beginnings to the city of dreams, and then back to the source from whence it all had sprung. Then lure of adventure and romance tug at her while the values she learned from the simple faith of her grandfather resurface to guard her. But will she ultimately discover the essence of her own person, her true identification?