title: A Single Woman
author: Christensen, Maggie
description: Isla Cameron. headmistress at an elite girl's school in Glasgow, is determinedly single, adroitly avoiding all attempts at matchmaking by a close friend.
  Widower Alasdair MacLeod is grieving for the wife he lost two years earlier, struggling as the single father of two teenagers, and frustrated by the well-meaning interference of his in-laws.
  When a proposed school trip to France brings Isla and Alasdair together, they find a connection in the discovery that each is suffering the loss of a loved one, but neither is interested in forming a relationship,
  As their friendship grows, Alasdair struggles with his increasing attraction to the elegant schoolmistress, while Isla harbours concerns about the complications a relationship with him would bring.
  Can Alasdair overcome his natural reserve, and can Isla open her heart to love again?
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  Readers of Christensen's earlier books,
  The Good Sister
   and
  Isobel's Promise
  , will love reconnecting with Bel and Matt while enjoying Isla Cameron's unique story.
  