{"product_id":"9781529084382","title":"The Last Summer","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn epic, sweeping historical novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Summer\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book in Karen Swan's \u003ci\u003eWild Isle\u003c\/i\u003e series, set on the remote Scottish island of St Kilda.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSummer on St Kilda - a wild, remote Scottish island. Two strangers from drastically different worlds meet...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWild-spirited Effie Gillies has lived all her life on the small island of St Kilda but when Lord Sholto, heir to the Earl of Dumfries, visits, the attraction between them is instant. For one glorious week she guides the handsome young visitor around the isle, falling in love for the first time - until a storm hits and her world falls apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThree months later, St Kilda falls silent as the islanders are evacuated for a better life on the mainland. With her friends and family scattered, Effie is surprised to be offered a position working on the Earl's estate. Sholto is back in her life but their differences now seem insurmountable, even as the simmering tension between them grows. And when a shocking discovery is made back on St Kilda, all her dreams for this bright new life are threatened by the dark secrets Effie and her friends thought they had left behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOpposites attract in this epic and spellbinding novel, which transports us from the untamed beauty of St Kilda to the glamour and intrigues of high society in the 1930s. \u003ci\u003eThe Last Summer\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book in \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Isle\u003c\/i\u003e series by bestselling author Karen Swan, inspired by the true history of St Kilda and its small island community.","brand":"Karen Swan","offers":[{"title":"Pan Macmillan |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2023-07-04","offer_id":44151520624895,"sku":"9781529084382","price":17.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/products\/BNCImageAPI_29fe2a2d-5e78-47d1-8166-cd9ee38769c0.jpg?v=1680896184","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781529084382","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}