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Fireflies and Chocolate (The Manteith Collection) Paperback – March 29, 2021

by Ailish Sinclair (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars 73 ratings
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Elizabeth craves adventure… excitement… love…


For now though, she has to settle for a trip from her family’s castle, to the port in Aberdeen, where her father has promised she’ll be permitted to buy a horse… all of her own.


Little does she suspect this simple journey will change her life, forever. And as she dreams of riding her new mount through the forests and glens of the Manteith estate, she can have no idea that she might never see them again.


For what lies ahead is danger, unimagined… and the fearful realities of kidnap and slavery.


But even when everything seems lost, most especially the chance of ever getting home again, Elizabeth finds friendship, comfort… and that much prized love, just where she least expected it.


Set in the mid eighteenth century, Fireflies and Chocolate is a story of strength, courage and tolerance, in a time filled with far too many prejudices.

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  6. ISBN-10
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ GWL Publishing
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 29, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 218 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1910603848
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1910603840
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.06 x 0.5 x 7.81 inches
  • Book 2 of 2 ‏ : ‎ The Manteith Collection
  • Customer Reviews:
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Ailish Sinclair trained as a dancer and taught dance for many years, before working in schools to help children with special needs.

She now lives beside a loch with her husband and two children where she still dances (medical conditions allowing) and writes and eats rather too much chocolate.

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  • Molly Hjelle
    5.0 out of 5 stars Now I want hot chocolate!
    Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2023
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    This novel that is steeped in history and speckled with romance was an absolute delight. The descriptions of domestic life and dramatic sea-crossings had me turning pages late into the night. Though I did not want it to end, I could not wait to find out what happened in the end. Writing in a way that took my breath away, Ailish Sinclair is unlike any other author I’ve come across.
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  • Sheri J Kennedy
    4.0 out of 5 stars A warm view of harsh times
    Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2022
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    I enjoyed this spirited dip into history and romance through the eyes of a fiesty Scotish gal. Her voice felt a bit grating at first since she had been spoiled and privileged, but I was quickly rooting for her when her circumstances changed to a kidnap victim transported across the sea and she rose capably to the challenges of survival and making her way in America. The issues of slavery, indenture and racism are handled well by the author. Well grounded in the narrative and responded to believably and equitably by our stout-hearted heroine. The romance seems dreamy at first but resolves with the same satisfying well-grounded strength. I teetered on giving it 5 stars, but the first book, The Mermaid and the Bear, was considerably deeper and richer, so this one is a bit lesser in comparison. I also personally prefer past rather than present tense narrative, so that set this one back a tiny tick for me on full enjoyment. But I still highly recommend this read!
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  • Rebecca R
    5.0 out of 5 stars Feisty and Generous like its Heroine
    Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2021
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    When Elizabeth of the Castle is tricked into the slave ship in Aberdeen harbor, she had no idea the challenges awaiting her. Over the next four years, she’ll experience humanity at its best and worst. Her search for home takes twists and turns, but in the end, she must decide what ‘home’ actually is. An emotional and informative historical journey. Highly recommended for any reader who enjoys a balance of action, description, danger and reflection. Ailish has included it all.
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  • Scarlettrhett
    5.0 out of 5 stars From start to finish this will have your attention…
    Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2021
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    I read Ailish Sinclair’s The Mermaid and the Bear first. It was very good. Because of that I ordered Fireflies & Chocolate. And I am so very glad I did.. Absolutely excellent reading.. I tried to slow myself to lengthen my enjoyment. I never want a good book to end. Ailish put her full heart into this one. And trust me, it shows.. Love, danger and that ever present “what’s next?” keep your constant attention.
    A historical romance based on a truth few know about and a story that should be known and told.
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  • D.L.Kelly
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful historical novel
    Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2022
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    Truly an amazing novel! I read The Mermaid and the Bear first and I'm glad I dud, but you could read this one first if you wanted to. Ms. Sinclair will fill you in on the background.
    This is the story of kidnapped children & the horrible lives they had at the hands of their kidnappers. Elizabeth Mantieth lucked out somewhat and was purchased by a family who set her free. She longed for two things--to find the young man, Peter, who was kidnapped & sailed with her, and to return to Scotland. You will have to read Fireflies and Chocolate to find out how this works out.
    I loved the book, and hope Ms Sinclair gets to tell us more about what happens to Elizabeth.
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  • Constant Reader
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!
    Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2021
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    I was eager to read Ailish again. The Mermaid and Th Bear was my first. This one shocked me a bit in how much of my family history was not just touched on, but clearly covered by bits of the stories of kidnapped children (as was one of my many great grandparents) and the shipping off to the Colonies, sailing back to Glasgow, the struggle to stay and further struggle to resettle in the Americas, and then the travels to Canada. We were Jacobites back then. Ailish knows many things about my life whether or not she realizes it. Stellar book! Thank you!
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  • Julie.Marlin
    5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful glimpse into the past.
    Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2021
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    This historical romance was set in early Pennsylvania with a longing for Scotland. The Scottish author, writing in a dialect of Scotland takes a unique look at a centuries old root of racism in America, reminding that not all slaves in the colonial days of America were in the southern states. The ending can be savored.
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  • JoyNealKidney
    5.0 out of 5 stars All gold against the blue-green glam
    Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2024
    What a satisfying historical novel, especially because of the spunk of Elizabeth/Beth/Betty, the heroine. She and other children were abducted from Scotland and shipped as slaves or indentured servants to America. She longs for home, which was in turmoil, while separated from her best friend Peter from the ship. The history behind the story is fascinating, made more so by Ailish Sinclair's skill in weaving a compelling story.
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  • Barb Taub
    5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully plotted story draws you in and has you racing for the finish
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 7, 2021
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    Some time after moving to Scotland, I happened to meet with a group whose Jewish families had settled in the north of Scotland generations ago. I asked how that happened, and one lady said her family had been migrating to America, after investing almost everything they owned to book passage. When their ship had a stop in Scotland, they were told they’d arrived, as evidenced by people speaking English there. Of course, they discovered the deception, but by then that ship had literally sailed, leaving them near-destitute in Scotland. With no other choice, they made the best of things, settling in small villages and building new lives. I laughed at what I thought was an amusing, if improbable, tale. Until I heard it again. And again. In fact, it seems to be the main origin story for many, if not most, of the Jewish families in the north of Scotland.

    Apparently, this kind of deception wasn’t new. A century earlier, over six hundred children and young people were kidnapped from the streets of Aberdeen and sold into indentured servitude in the American colonies, while city officials pocketed the proceeds and congratulated themselves on their novel solution to the homeless problem.

    But if official history has ignored their story, how can you make sure it doesn’t disappear? Like the Banana Massacre by the United Fruit Company, which could only be told in a fictionalized version such as Gabriel García Márquez’ One Hundred Years of Solitude, or like Gravity’s Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon’s 400-plus character “intro” to modern times, Ailish Sinclair uses fiction to deliver historical fact.

    When we meet sixteen-year-old Elizabeth Manteith, she’s a lonely young girl living in the north of Scotland. Although her father is the lord of their castle, their family fell apart when her young brother died. Her mother retreated into a world of mental illness while her father buried himself in the political machinations of the Jacobites seeking to return Charles Stuart, “Bonnie Prince Charlie” to the thrones of England and Scotland.

    But Elizabeth doesn’t care about politics. Effectively abandoned by both parents, she dreams of the exotic drink—chocolate—she once had on a trip to London, of the magical bugs called fireflies that lived in far off lands, or even of meeting her true love. All that is about to change.

    As a birthday treat, Elizabeth is going to Aberdeen to choose a new horse. But when she’s assaulted, kidnapped, and forced onto a ship heading for the American colonies, she realizes her old life is over. Thanks to the physical isolation of the Manteith estate, the emotional isolation of her dysfunctional family, and to her rank as a member of the gentry, Elizabeth’s life has been sheltered and lonely but safe. Now she’s confronted with almost every type of evil, deprivation, and cruelty, along with natural disaster and danger.

    Saved from despair by friendship with fellow prisoner Peter, she finds the strength to make it to the new world, where they are to be sold at Philadelphia’s slave markets. The story follows Elizabeth over the next four years, as she encounters racism, misogyny, greed, and despair, but also finds friendship and even a family.

    Author Ailish Sinclair weaves many strands into this history. There are actual historical characters from Peter to Ben Franklin. Racial prejudice is a foreign concept to the young girl who has met few people in her life, and none from other races, so Elizabeth forms her new family from all those she encounters—slaves, fugitives, idealists, wealthy planters, and scholars.

    I’m in awe of the research that went into building Elizabeth’s worlds, from Scotland to America. There’s just enough dialect in character’s speech to give a flavor of their accents, and I loved hearing words from my life in Scotland, as well as from Highland history. But most of all I loved watching as Elizabeth claims her emerging character as a strong woman and staunch friend, but also as a girl whose romantic dreams meet the reality of romantic love.

    I absolutely have to comment on the writing itself. Not only is it lyrical and descriptive, but Ailish Sinclair has a gift for showing us a world instead of telling us about it. She weaves symbolic strands through Elizabeth’s story, like the fireflies and the chocolate she dreams of in Scotland, experiences in America, and realizes what they can—and cannot—accomplish in her life. Or like the onion the young Elizabeth uses to make her last dinner in Scotland, her first dinner in America, and her final decision between the two.

    As an American now living in Scotland, I found Fireflies and Chocolate offers a rare look at the sometimes uncomfortable history we never learned in school. Author Ailish Sinclair takes the stories of real life characters and believably intertwines them in Elizabeth’s experience, while never losing sight of her main goal: telling a roaring good story with all the romance, danger, and dawning strength of character you could ask. But Elizabeth’s story also puts the ‘story’ back in ‘history’ with an unforgettable coming of age tale for both a young girl and the new world she claims as her own.

    If you’re looking for a beautifully plotted story which draws you in and has you racing for the finish—while googling for more information about all the new views of history—then Fireflies and Chocolate is for you.
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  • keatsie
    5.0 out of 5 stars a book I didn’t want to end
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 20, 2025
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    A fabulous sequel to The Mermaid and the Bear. Kidnapped and taken from Scotland to America, the fiery great, great, great - she canna mind how many greats - granddaughter of the mermaid and the bear, is dropped into a strange world of dark skinned slaves and a master who is not quite what he seems. Elizabeth Manteith, longs to find Peter, her companion from the ship, and return to Scotland, but life on the tobacco plantation is slowly getting under her skin.

    Written in the first person, and with a hint of a Scottish accent running through everything, it might have been heavy going if it hadn’t been so well done. Beth’s voice shines through, and soon even her American friends are saying aye and ken. The historical detail is perfect, incorporating a few real people from the time to make it all the more authentic. A beautiful, well executed tale I didn’t want to end.
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  • Deelikes
    3.0 out of 5 stars Same story different setting
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 22, 2024
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    Although the book is well written and informative regarding historical events the female, once again, falls in love with the 'beautiful, handsome man', but doesn't realise he feels the same? Really?
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  • Mr. Matthew Mckinnon
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Novel based on Events in Scottish History!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 6, 2021
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    A very enjoyable read, well researched and told superbly, drawing you into the events of a turbulent time. Well recommended!
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  • Jane
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 21, 2021
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    Loved this story, great characters, well researched, I loved the way it ended. An excellent sequel to the Mermaid & the Bear.
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