An island castle in Cornwall, generations of family hatreds, a kilt-wearing chef, and a historical legend cook up a deliciously magical, heartwarming, and suspenseful new love story from the award-winning author of Compulsion and Lake of Destiny.Emma Larsen is shocked and confused when her best friend Treave proposes shortly after her mother's funeral--Emma's never thought of Treave as more than just a friend. But she agrees to accompany him to a wedding at his family's island castle in Cornwall to see where the relationship could go. She falls in love with the wild, granite Cornish coast, an enchanted world rich with history, hauntings, and ancient superstitions. Yet as a shipwreck rocks the small community with a tradition of lifesaving that goes back a thousand years, family secrets and old rivalries bubble to the surface. And while danger swirls around them all, it isn't Treave but a handsome Scottish chef with a turbulent past who pulls at Emma's heart. Caught between the two men and her own conscience, Emma discovers that the roots of childhood fears run deep. And sometimes, the people we think we know the best are the ones we should fear the most. A timeless stand-alone love story in the Celtic Legends collection, filled with heart, food, intrigue, and magical Cornish legends. Perfect for fans of Poldark, Nora Roberts, Susanna Kearsley, Sarah Addison Allen, Susan Wiggs, and Susan Mallery.
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