🕞Get The Last Summer: A wild, romantic tale of opposites attract... (The Wild Isle Series Book 1) by Karen Swan
The Last Summer: A wild, romantic tale of opposites attract... (The Wild Isle Series Book 1) by Karen Swan
Summer on St Kilda – a wild, remote Scottish island. Two strangers from drastically different worlds meet . . . Wild-spirited Effie Gillies has lived all her life on the small island of St Kilda but when Lord Sholto, heir to the Earl of Dumfries, visits, the attraction between them is instant. For one glorious week she guides the handsome young visitor around the isle, falling in love for the first time – until a storm hits and her world falls apart. Three months later, St Kilda falls silent as the islanders are evacuated for a better life on the mainland. With her friends and family scattered, Effie is surprised to be offered a position working on the Earl’s estate. Sholto is back in her life but their differences now seem insurmountable, even as the simmering tension between them grows. And when a shocking discovery is made back on St Kilda, all her dreams for this bright new life are threatened by the dark secrets Effie and her friends thought they had left behind. Opposites attract in this epic and spellbinding novel, which transports us from the untamed beauty of St Kilda to the glamour and intrigues of high society in the 1930s. The Last Summer is the first book in The Wild Isle series by Sunday Times bestseller Karen Swan, inspired by the true history of St Kilda and its small island community. 'The most exciting, enchanting and evocative story of forbidden love I’ve ever read. I truly loved it and am waiting feverishly for the second instalment' - Cathy Bramley, author of The Summer That Changed Us 'Powerful writing and a wonderful premise make this a novel you’ll simultaneously want to savour and race through. I loved it and can’t wait for the next in the series!' - Jill Mansell, author of And Now You're Back 'A delicious romantic tale of wild 1930s Scotland . . . perfect for everyone dreaming of summer' - Rachel Hore, author of A Beautiful Spy Read more
I really enjoyed this book - until the very last line. Possibly the worst ending in the history of fiction. At first, like another reviewer, I assumed that there is a sequel. But no, this is a stand alone book but listed as book1 in a series of 1 ?.? Effie is a wonderful main character who you cant help falling in love with. Life on Kilda is beautifully described. But just when it looks like there is going to be a denouement - it ends, leaving the reader in total bewilderment. Even searching back through the book provides no real enlightenment. An otherwise great novel destroyed by a hapless finale. Readers should not be kept waiting or expected to purchase another book at a future date - who knows when? Meanwhile try reading 'The St Kilda chronicles' by Bernard Gallivan. This is a 3 part series and is a brilliant 5* read from a lesser known author. Available on Kindle Unlimited.
ASIN -> B09BNFV99J Publisher -> Macmillan (July 1, 2022) Publication date -> July 1, 2022 Language -> English File size -> 2941 KB Text-to-Speech -> Enabled Screen Reader -> Supported Enhanced typesetting -> Enabled
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