Lake of Destiny

What would you do if you met the person you knew you were destined to love? Would you tell them? Lake of Destiny is a magical romance about men in kilts, destiny, family healing, and the sometimes twisted path to love . . . "Delightful, charming, and heartwarming." -New York Times bestselling author Wendy Higgins Helping her aunt organize a Beltane Festival in a picturesque Highland village seems like the perfect escape from Anna's second broken engagement and the meltdown that wrecked her legal career. But to succeed, she'll need to wrangle kilt-wearing villagers, dangerous sheep, a disaster of a dog, and the reclusive laird who refuses to open his property to the public for the ancient tradition of "Sighting." For centuries, Loch Fŕil in Balwhither has been known to locals as a "thin" place, one where the veil between worlds peels back on Beltane morning to reveal the face of a person's one true love. The tradition could draw tourists by the busload, but that's exactly what Connal MacGregor fears will expose the two secrets he's been desperate to keep hidden. While Anna struggles to mediate between the needs of the village and Connal's need to protect his identity and his child, she finds herself falling in love with all of them: Connal and his daughter, the magical glen, the villagers. But day by day, opening herself to love exposes deep scars from Anna's childhood, and confronting those wounds could finally set her free--or endanger her every chance of happiness. PRAISE FOR MARTINA BOONE'S COMPULSION "Skillfully blends rich magic and folklore with adventure, sweeping romance, and hidden treasure . . . An impressive start." -Publisher's Weekly "Eight Beaufort is so swoon-worthy that it's ridiculous. Move over Four, Eight is here to stay!" -RT Book Reviews, RT Editors Best Books of the Year "Boone's Southern Gothic certainly delivers a compelling mystery about feuding families and buried secrets, not to mention a steamy romance." -Booklist "Darkly romantic and steeped in Southern Gothic charm, you'll be compelled to get lost in the Heirs of Watson Island series." -#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout "The perfect Southern family saga: charming and steamy on the surface, with cold-blooded secrets buried down deep." -Kendare Blake, NYT bestselling author of Three Dark Crowns and Anna Dressed in Blood "A fresh twist on the Southern Gothic-haunting, atmospheric, and absorbing." -Claudia Gray, New York Times bestselling author of A Thousand Pieces of You and the Evernight and Spellcaster series "Beautifully written, with vivid characters, a generations-old feud, and romance that leaps off the page, this Southern ghost story left me lingering over every word, and yet wanting to race to the compelling finish. Martina Boone's Compulsion is not to be missed." -Megan Shepherd, NYT bestselling author of The Cage series and The Madman's Daughter