The Soldier’s Daughter by Fiona McIntosh – Violet Nash has grown up in the shadow of her father, Charlie’s, shattered dreams. It’s been years since he walked away from the battlefields of France, a WWI hero, but his soul is haunted by memories of French Champagne caves, where he found love and redemption.
He decides to leave the Scottish Highlands for Tasmania, along with his young daughter. Determined to transform barley into liquid gold, he’s confident that a whisky distillery will prove to be their salvation.
As the second World War rages on, their dream of setting up a whisky distillery in Tasmania is becoming a reality, when Charlie feels a pull once more to play his part, and is lured back into action. His destination is the Champagne region, where Sophie Delancre still tends her vines, but now under Nazi occupation.
Charlie must test his honour in the ultimate act of courage, but it is Violet, the soldier’s daughter, who will fight to claim his lasting legacy.
Powerful, heart-wrenching and heart-warming, but also providing an insight regarding the age old distilling of whisky, this wonderful novel takes the reader from France to Tasmania.
More importantly, this talented author has successfully blended romance and whisky into a narrative that will warm the heart and raise the spirit.
A must-read for 2025!
ISBN: 9781761343650
The Soldier’s Daughter is available in paperback, e-book and audiobook.
About Fiona McIntosh
Fiona McIntosh is an internationally and million-copy bestselling author of novels for adults and children across several genres. Alongside her highly successful historical fiction titles, for which she has been nominated at the Australian Book Industry Awards for commercial fiction book of the year, her popular Detective Jack Hawksworth series will soon be released across the UK. Several of her historical titles as well as the ‘world of Hawksworth’ crime novels, have been optioned for the screen. Her debut children’s picture book, Harry and Gran Bake a Cake, was published in 2025. Fiona roams the world for her research and lives between Adelaide in South Australia and Wiltshire in England.
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