Karen Swan
The dramatic conclusion to Globe and Mail and Toronto Star bestseller Karen Swan's sweeping historical romance series, The Wild Isle.
Jayne Ferguson has always been a keeper of secrets, most especially her own. If there's one thing she has learnt in her life, it's that every blessing comes with a curse. She married the most handsome man on the isle of St Kilda, but he's a bully. She inherited her mother's gift of second sight, but only ever foresees her fellow islanders' deaths. She has learnt to keep to herself, treading in the shadows and shirking the highs for fear of the lows.
When a needless death strikes at the heart of her home, Jayne's bad marriage becomes worse and she finds solace with an unlikely friend. Glimmers of happiness tantalize her, though there's no possibility for anything more—especially once word comes of St Kilda's evacuation.
But as the day draws near, tensions on the island rise. Secrets are forced to the surface, passions and enmities erupting with equal violence. A man is killed, as Jayne knew he would be, and her closest friends Effie, Mhairi, and Flora are each implicated.
On the mainland, the villagers scatter into new lives, hoping distance means refuge. But then Jayne has another of her dreams and she knows the past isn't done with them yet...
The secrets of St Kilda's residents are revealed in the fourth and final book in Karen Swan's bestselling Wild Isle series, following on from The Last Summer, The Stolen Hours, and The Lost Lover.
