The Kept Lane (Paperback)

Isla MacLean

ISBN 13: 9798264529481

Published by Independently Published, 2025

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Paperback. The Kept Lane is a cozy, slow-burn Highlands romance about a village that keeps its people with useful kindness, a loch that offers a steady lane inside the Isle of Ewe, and a very good dog who never loses the way home.On a quiet shore along Loch Ewe, Alison arrives "for a while" and discovers a village with its own gentle grammar: stew before speeches, knots before pride, and chairs moved by an inch that save a day. The island's shoulder keeps the inner water calm; the hall keeps warmth and stories; and Jess-the golden Lab who reads fog and hearts-keeps everyone pointed home. When a storm turns the mouth of the loch into a long night of listening and relay calls, the village holds its breath together: a rugged fisherman who trusts the lee, a bar that becomes a lighthouse, a hall that turns soup into courage, and a woman who learns exactly what it means to be kept.Slow-burn, clean romance set in the Scottish HighlandsFound family, village warmth, storm-night rescueDog-forward heart (Jess), coastal atmosphere, gentle humorFor readers who love small-town cozies, lamplight rooms, and sea-salt airIf sea air, useful kindness, and love told softly are your language, welcome in to The Kept Lane-where the lane inside the island's shoulder is as steady as the hearts who choose it. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Kept Lane (Paperback)
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798264529481
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The Kept Lane is a cozy, slow‑burn Highlands romance about a village that keeps its people with useful kindness, a loch that offers a steady lane inside the Isle of Ewe, and a very good dog who never loses the way home.

On a quiet shore along Loch Ewe, Alison arrives “for a while” and discovers a village with its own gentle grammar: stew before speeches, knots before pride, and chairs moved by an inch that save a day. The island’s shoulder keeps the inner water calm; the hall keeps warmth and stories; and Jess—the golden Lab who reads fog and hearts—keeps everyone pointed home. When a storm turns the mouth of the loch into a long night of listening and relay calls, the village holds its breath together: a rugged fisherman who trusts the lee, a bar that becomes a lighthouse, a hall that turns soup into courage, and a woman who learns exactly what it means to be kept.

• Slow‑burn, clean romance set in the Scottish Highlands

• Found family, village warmth, storm‑night rescue

• Dog‑forward heart (Jess), coastal atmosphere, gentle humor

• For readers who love small‑town cozies, lamplight rooms, and sea‑salt air

If sea air, useful kindness, and love told softly are your language, welcome in to The Kept Lane—where the lane inside the island’s shoulder is as steady as the hearts who choose it.