The Cottage by the Loch

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The cottage stood alone on a rocky outcropping at the edge of the loch. Standing in the garden amongst the wildflowers she felt the weight of the tattered envelope in her hands. Maybe there was something keeping her here in Scotland a secret waiting to be uncovered...</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>New Yorker</span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Zelda Hicks</strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> has just lost her mother and the only thing she knows about her father is that he was from Scotland. So a work trip to the Scottish village of Loch Cameron couldn't be better timed. Maybe a break in the beautiful rolling hills of heather will help her reconnect with her roots and recover from her grief.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Then on a walk around the loch one bright morning she comes across a tiny tumbledown cottage nestled on the edge of the forest. The elderly owner </span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Gretchen Ross</strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> invites her in for buttery shortbread and after learning that Gretchen might lose the cottage that has been in her family forever Zelda vows to help her. She didn't bargain on butting heads with the handsome blue-eyed laird </span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Hal Cameron </strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>in the process. Zelda can't seem to forget Hal's shy smile and she soon learns they might have more in common than she first thought.   </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But when Zelda discovers a bundle of old letters hidden in the back of an antique wardrobe at the cottage they lead her back to the mysterious Hal. Pushing Zelda to examine her own family history the letters reveal a secret that the community has kept hidden for over a generation. Hal says he wants to help Zelda but just as she begins to open up she learns he isn't being entirely honest either... Can Zelda trust him and finally come to terms with her own past or will uncovering this secret force her to leave Loch Cameron for good?</span></p><p> </p><p><strong>Fans of Susanne O'Leary Debbie Macomber and Pamela Kelley will adore this page-turning read set in the Scottish Highlands about family secrets and starting over from <em>USA Today</em> bestselling author Kennedy Kerr.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Readers love <em>The Cottage by the Loch</em>:</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>'</span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Absolutely beautiful and perfect!!</strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Completely swept me away... </span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Compelling and addictive</strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> heart-lifting read that </span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>kept me turning the pages until late at night</strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>... Absolutely fantastic!' </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Bookworm86</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> ??????????</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>'I </span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>loved this book. Read it in a night</strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>. Brilliant... </span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A must-read</strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>.' NetGalley reviewer ??????????</span></