Footpaths on the Sea

Annie Luscombe, 16, works as a 'Bal Maiden' in a 19th century Cornish tin mine. A fine singer, she secretly dreams of going on the stage, but Josiah Marston, a 'hell-fire' preacher with his own plans for Annie's future, finds her work as a housemaid, where she meets Tansy the fey little scullery maid, and Brendan the groom. "An extraordinary blend of the natural and the supernatural, of ultra-vivid descriptions of the ever-changing landscape of West Cornwall...combined with stunning accounts of psychic and spiritual experiences of many kinds...imagine a unique blend of Thomas Hardy, Mary Webb, Victoria Holt and James Herbert!" (Jane Sand B.A.Hons Lit)