Harriet Smart - historical and contemporary novels

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Welcome! I write historical and contemporary fiction that emphasizes warm and well-drawn characters against a background of world events and compelling settings.

I am also the co-creator of the Writer's Café software toolkit.

If you're a writer, you may find my Writing Tips useful. You can also buy some of my books here (further e-books coming soon).

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RECKLESS GRISELDA

On an impetuous journey to stop her father making an unsuitable marriage, Griselda Farqharson meets dashing Tom Thorpe. They fall instantly in love, and into trouble. After she indulges in a sensual clandestine encounter with him, Griselda is forced to face the consequences of her reckless disregard for the rules of society. For this is England in 1816 and Tom is a wealthy baronet, caught up in a net of emotional entanglements and family conflicts. Determined to do the right thing and preserve Griselda's reputation, he must face the ruin of his own. As a whirlwind of scandal engulfs them, will Griselda and Tom be able to transform their passionate attraction into a true and lasting happiness or will their love be destroyed by it?

Moving from the Norfolk countryside to the fashionable drawing rooms of London, Reckless Griselda is a hot-blooded regency romantic comedy that asks the question: Should you let your heart rule your head?

Now available as a Kindle book from Amazon, from Smashwords in a variety of formats, and in Epub and Mobipocket formats from this site.

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© Harriet Smart 2010

"Smart's characters have a feel of authentic life and move in and out of a backdrop which cunningly incorporates political change, trade union rebellion, suffragette noise and good food" - The Sunday Times

Green Grow the Rushes

In the summer of 1900, a group of young people are brought together in the decaying splendour of the Quarro, a Scottish country house owned by the hown-at-heel Lennox family. As their loves touch, new alliances are formed - some doomed to failure and bitter despair, others that will endure against the odds to bring lasting happiness.

The Lark Ascending

When Chris Adam receives a proposal from Guy Lindsay, a wealthy young landowner, her family are astounded and delighted - this would be a fine match indeed for a daughter of the Manse. Chris is tempted, for she is powerfully attracted to Guy, but she has a vocation - to be a composer - and she chooses instead to go and study music in Edinburgh.

War in 1914 changes everything. Chris, now, against all the odds, growing in stature as a composer, must like so many women wait at home while the men she cares about take their chances on the battlefields of Europe. Tragedy, betrayal and bitter scandal lie ahead before Chris can fulfil her musical destiny, and stand by the side of the man she loves.