A Pinch of Salt: Escape to the Highlands with a story of love, loss and family this Christmas

Can you love too much and is it wrong to want the best for those you love?

Life for a miner’s daughter in Scotland, 1910, was never going to be easy, but young Kate Kennedy has it tougher than most. When tragedy overshadows her family, she is forced to put childhood joys aside and roll up her sleeves, keeping her worries for her prayers.

Almost without noticing the years pass, Kate becomes Charlie’s wife and a mother, still working, still looking after everyone except herself - and doing surprisingly well with her own bakery business. But what of the great plans she had for her family, her secret dreams? Sometimes it seems as if it has all been in vain…

Set against the powerful backdrop of two World Wars, canny heroine Kate sets her shoulder against a tidal wave of change and struggles to cherish those she loves…