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  • Location: St Kilda

The Lost Lover

The Lost Lover

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1930s: Book three in the Wild Isles series

  • ISBN: 978-1529084467
  • Genre: Fiction, Historical

What you need to know before your trail

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, Flora is implicated, along with her friends Effifie and Mhairi. But as dark secrets come to light, it is a lie by a fellow islander that changes everything . .

Travel Guide

St Kilda

St Kilda is an isolated archipelago in Scotland and contains the westernmost islands of the Outer Hebrides

There are four islands which make up St Kilda – the largest island is Hirta followed by Dùn, Soay and Boreray.

There is a short sejour in Paris too in the book but the heart of the novel is St Kilda

Map from the book:

St Kilda map from the book

 

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Destination/Location: St Kilda  Author: Karen Swan  Departure: 1930s

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