SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROMANTIC NOVELISTS' ASSOCIATION HISTORICAL ROMANTIC NOVEL AWARD

A gripping and poignant love story set in a remote village in the Scottish Highlands at the end of the Second World War.
'the only fault I can find with this book is that I've already finished it' Jodi Picoult
'truly enthralling' Scotsman
'breathtaking' Harper's Bazaar

1945. After disgracing themselves at a high society party, spoilt young Philadelphia socialites Maddie and Ellis Hyde are cut off from the family without a penny. Ellis decides their salvation will be to hunt down the Loch Ness Monster, a venture his father very publicly failed at. So, oblivious to WW2 raging around them, they make their way to the Scottish Highlands, where Maddie has to face reality and decide just who the real monsters are.