For generations, the people of Balwhither Glen have kept a quiet secret: on the first of May, when the veil thins between the worlds, the magical loch reveals your one true love. But no secret is safe forever.
"Delightful, charming, and heartwarming." —New York Times bestselling author Wendy Higgins
After two broken engagements and a career in shambles, Anna Cameron escapes to the Scottish Highlands to help her aunt organize a festival around the magic of the Sighting. She expects a change of scenery, a chance to breathe. What she finds instead is a place that burrows into her heart—and a landowner and single father whose predicament will upend her plans.
Connal MacGregor has spent ten years hiding his daughter from the scrutiny that followed his famous wife's death, raising his wounded child in the shelter of the glen. The festival the village wants will bring visitors and publicity—exactly what Connal's been desperate to avoid.
As the day of the Sighting approaches, Anna struggles to bridge the two sides and two different worlds. She finds herself falling not only for the warmth and magic of the glen, but for the man who has tried so hard to keep the modern world at bay. Yet as family secrets surface and danger threatens, she and Connal discover that knowing whom you're meant to love doesn't always produce a happily ever after.
In the Balwhither Glen, love at first sight is the beginning of the story.
Award-winning author Martina Boone offers readers a warm, atmospheric romance filled with found family, gentle magic, and the enduring pull of the heart—perfect for fans of Sarah Addison Allen's magical women's fiction, Julie Shackman's Scottish village escapes, Jenny Colgan's heartwarming Highland communities, and Susanna Kearsley's atmospheric sense of place.
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Escape to the Scottish Highlands, romantic Cornish castles, and remote Irish islands. Standalone romances full of history, legend, and magic. Read in any order.
Martina Boone was born in Prague and spoke several languages before learning English. She's the award-winning author of the romantic southern gothic Heirs of Watson Island series, including Compulsion, Persuasion, and Illusion from Simon & Schuster, Simon Pulse. She's also the founder of AdventuresInYAPublishing.com, a three-time Writer's Digest 101 Best Websites for Writers Site, and YASeriesInsiders.com, a site dedicated to encouraging literacy and reader engagement through a celebration of series literature. She's on the board of a literacy foundation and runs the CompulsionForReading.com program to distribute books to underserved schools and libraries.
She lives with her husband, children, and a lopsided cat, she enjoys writing contemporary fantasy set in the sorts of magical places she'd love to visit. When she isn't writing, she's addicted to travel, horses, skiing, chocolate flavored tea, Quality Streets, and anything with Nutella on it.
