The Lost Lover
Published on 18. July 2024
Book
Hardback
448 pages
978-1-5290-8446-7 (ISBN)
Description
An epic first love. A second chance . . .
'One of our most prolific and talented writers' - Santa Montefiore
Young Flora MacQueen has always dreamt of more than life on the small Scottish island of St Kilda. So, when she catches the eye of visiting adventurer and wealthy businessman James Callaghan, her future seems brighter.
Winter seas separate the lovers but the island's evacuation the following summer promises to reunite them - until tragedy strikes.
Heartbroken and needing to support her family on the mainland, a chance meeting offers hope. Soon Flora is the toast of glamorous Paris; fame and fortune are hers for the taking. But at a high price.
When a scandal erupts back home, she is implicated, along with her friends, Effie and Mhairi. But then a deception comes to light that will change everything . . .
The Lost Lover is Book Three in Karen Swan's bestselling Wild Isle series, following The Last Summer and The Stolen Hours.
'One of our most prolific and talented writers' - Santa Montefiore
Young Flora MacQueen has always dreamt of more than life on the small Scottish island of St Kilda. So, when she catches the eye of visiting adventurer and wealthy businessman James Callaghan, her future seems brighter.
Winter seas separate the lovers but the island's evacuation the following summer promises to reunite them - until tragedy strikes.
Heartbroken and needing to support her family on the mainland, a chance meeting offers hope. Soon Flora is the toast of glamorous Paris; fame and fortune are hers for the taking. But at a high price.
When a scandal erupts back home, she is implicated, along with her friends, Effie and Mhairi. But then a deception comes to light that will change everything . . .
The Lost Lover is Book Three in Karen Swan's bestselling Wild Isle series, following The Last Summer and The Stolen Hours.
Reviews / Votes
A lovely novel which I hugely enjoyed. I envy Karen Swan's skill to evoke a landscape and a very different past so effortlessly. The love story was all that one would wish and the characters are terrific. -- Elizabeth Buchan, author of <i>Against Her Nature</i> This sweeping love story gripped us from the start, so we can't wait for the next in the series. Best historical romance. -- <i>Independent</i> on <i>The Last Summer</i> Meticulously researched and beautifully told by one of our most prolific and talented writers. It contains all the ingredients of a wonderfully satisfying read: love, passion, drama, violence, menace and peril, and characters you fall in love with. -- Santa Montefiore, author of <i>Flappy Investigates</i> on <i>The Last Summer</i> Immaculately researched and told with the exciting sense of time and place, The Lost Lover once again brings vibrant life to the fascinating island of St Kilda . . . and with another jaw-dropping, trademark cliffhanger leaving Swan's addicted readers already counting down to the final, thrilling trip to St Kilda, this passion-filled four-book odyssey - with its exhilarating backdrop, core murder mystery, and torrid tales of loves lost and found. * The Lancashire Post *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 43 mm
Weight
673 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5290-8446-7 (9781529084467)
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07/2024
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Person
Karen Swan is the Sunday Times top three bestselling author of twenty-six books and her novels sell all over the world. She writes two books each year which are published in the summer and at Christmas. Previous summer titles include The Spanish Promise, The Hidden Beach and The Secret Path and, for winter, Together by Christmas, Midnight in the Snow and The Christmas Postcards.
She lives in Sussex with her husband, three children and two dogs.
The Lost Lover is the third book in the historical Wild Isle series, based on the dramatic evacuation of the Scottish island St Kilda in the summer of 1930.
She lives in Sussex with her husband, three children and two dogs.
The Lost Lover is the third book in the historical Wild Isle series, based on the dramatic evacuation of the Scottish island St Kilda in the summer of 1930.