The Emerald Sketchbook

Delhi, 1920.


After five years in England, seventeen-year-old Patricia Harris returns to British India to assume a future shaped by societal expectations, and her plans to pursue her art, and marry the respectable Frederick Ward of the Indian Civil Service.

Instead, she finds herself caught between two very different men, and a man with psychological scars and secrets of his own. She is confronted by long-hidden family drama, and drawn into a world where love, loyalty and ambition collide. As old wounds reopen and dangerous truths emerge, Patricia discovers that some choices will shape not only her own future, but generations yet to come.

Years later, in Dundee, her granddaughter uncovers Patricia’s long-forgotten emerald sketchbook. As its pages reveal a remarkable story of desire, sacrifice and heartbreak, she begins to understand the extraordinary woman who came before her—and the choices that still echo through her own life.

Set against the vivid backdrop of a culturally and architecturally eclectic city, The Emerald Sketchbook is a sweeping historical romance filled with unforgettable characters, emotional depth, and the timeless belief that love can endure across both continents and generations.