1814. The Napoleonic Wars reach even the quietest corners of England.

'What a wonderfully written, well-researched, engaging and unusual story, highlighting a part of England and a period of history that is often overlooked. I loved the characters, enjoyed the insight into Quakerism and reached the end wishing I could stay with the story for longer.' - KATHLEEN MCGURL

When Hugh Armstrong accepts a post as a land agent in a remote valley with mostly Quaker tenants, he hopes for an ordered and respectable life, far from violence and the secrets he would rather forget. But in a single day, he encounters escaped French prisoners and is led to a body thawing in the snow.

As unease spreads through the community, Hugh is drawn into the lives of the Hutton family, especially the fiercely independent Dorcas, who challenges everything he believes about the world.

Hugh must decide where he stands, what kind of life he wants to live, and with whom.

Clouds Over Bowland is a richly atmospheric historical novel of conscience and conviction, faith and doubt, and an unexpected love growing in a time of unrest.