Embroidery Bee: Scottish Highlands Crafts & Romance by the Sea

New book. First published February 2025.

New series. Embroidery Bee is the first book in a new romance series set in a village by the sea in the beautiful Scottish Highlands.


Ionna goes back home to the Scottish Highlands to finish working on her new embroidery pattern book. Her publishers want her to have the editorial and patterns ready for the next deadline of her popular book series.

Leaving Edinburgh behind for the summer, Ionna goes to stay with her Aunt Effy in a cottage by the sea. Effy holds the embroidery bee nights in her cottage for the ladies of the local crafting bee.

Leith, a local builder, had loved Ionna, but she had a crush on Roary, the handsome laird of the village’s magnificent castle. Hidden in the forest that borders the quaint coastal village, the castle is Roary’s home.

Ionna, an expert in embroidery, left the village six years ago to make a new life for herself in Edinburgh, having secured a publishing deal for her embroidery patterns. Now, at thirty, she’s back. Known as being a troublemaker, unintentionally, will she cause ructions, and stir up feelings again with Leith? Or is Roary the laird ready to find romance with the local troublemaker?

New releases by De-ann
Crafting Bee, Scottish Highlands New Year Ball, Ballroom Dancing Christmas Romance, Christmas Ballroom Dancing, Autumn Romance, Knitting & Starlight, Knitting Bee, The Sweetest Waltz, Sweet Music, Love & Lyrics, Scottish Island Knitting Bee, Christmas Weddings, Fairytale Christmas on the Island, The Cure for Love at Christmas, Vintage Dress Shop on the Island, Scottish Island Fairytale Castle, Colouring Book Cottage, Scottish Loch Summer Romance, Sewing & Mending Cottage, Knitting Shop by the Sea, and Knitting Cottage.

Romance books by De-ann

Scottish Loch Romance
1. Sewing & Mending Cottage
2. Scottish Loch Summer Romance
3. Sweet Music
4. Knitting Bee
5. Autumn Romance
6. Christmas Ballroom Dancing
7. Scottish Highlands New Year Ball
8. Crafting Bee

Music, Dance & Romance
1. The Sweetest Waltz
2. Knitting & Starlight
3. Ballroom Dancing Christmas Romance

Scottish Highlands & Island Romance
1. Scottish Island Knitting Bee
2. Scottish Island Fairytale Castle
3. Vintage Dress Shop on the Island
4. Fairytale Christmas on the Island

Snow Bells Haven
1. Snow Bells Christmas
2. Snow Bells Wedding
3. Love & Lyrics

Quilting Bee & Tea Shop
1. The Quilting Bee
2. The Tea Shop by the Sea
3. Embroidery Cottage
4. Knitting Shop by the Sea
5. Christmas Weddings

The Cure for Love Romance
1. The Cure for Love
2. The Cure for Love at Christmas

Scottish Chateau, Colouring & Crafts
1. Christmas Cake Chateau
2. Colouring Book Cottage

Sewing, Crafts & Quilting
1. The Sewing Bee
2. The Sewing Shop
3. Knitting Cottage (Scottish Highland romance)
4. Scottish Highlands Christmas Wedding

About the
De-ann Black is a bestselling author, scriptwriter and former newspaper journalist. She has over 100 books published. Romance, thrillers, various fiction & non-fiction books.

De-ann is also a professional artist, illustrator and designer. Embroidery patterns, fabric design, dressmaking, sewing, knitting and fashion are part of her work.