Lake of Destiny

A magical romance about fate, family, men in kilts, and the sometimes twisted path to love from award-winning author Martina Boone.

"Delightful, charming, and heartwarming!" NYT bestselling author Wendy Higgins

Helping her aunt organize a festival in the Scottish Highlands seems like a perfect escape from Anna Cameron's disaster of a broken engagement. The argumentative, kilt-wearing villagers and dangerous sheep are a minor setback, but Connal MacGregor, the secretive man who owns the land where the ancient tradition of Sighting takes place, poses a bigger problem.

For locals, the Balwhither Glen is known as a "thin" place, where the veil between worlds peels back on the first of May each year to reveal an image of the person's one true love. This romantic tradition has been a local secret for centuries, and inviting the public to the Sighting could bring much-needed tourism to save the struggling businesses in the glen. If only Connal MacGregor would agree.

As Anna struggles to mediate between the needs of the village and Connal's fight to keep his fragile daughter safely away from the tabloid press, she finds herself falling in love-with Connal and his daughter, with the villagers, and with the enchanted glen itself. As she discovers, though, knowing whom you are meant to love isn't always welcome news. Her efforts tear open generations of family secrets, and when danger comes calling, trusting themselves and each other may prove to be the hardest choice she and Connal have ever had to make.

Perfect for fans of Nora Roberts, Kristen Hannah, Susan Wiggs, Sarah Addison Allen's magical women's fiction, and Susanna Kearsley's novels with a historical sense of place, Lake of Destiny offers readers a cosy, romantic story filled with gentle fantasy, love, and healing.

★★★★★ PRAISE FOR MARTINA BOONE ★★★★★

"Skillfully blends rich magic and folklore with adventure, sweeping romance, and hidden treasure . . . Impressive." -Publisher's Weekly

"So swoon-worthy it's ridiculous." -RT Book Reviews, RT Editors' Best Books of the Year

"Even the villains and not-likable characters were just so engrossing. I have to say I've already put the sequel on my TBR shelf." - USA Today

"Charming and steamy on the surface, with cold-blooded secrets buried down deep." -Kendare Blake, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"Darkly romantic and steeped in Southern Gothic charm..." -#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout

"Beautifully written, with vivid characters, a generations-old feud, and romance that leaps off the page. Not to be missed." -Megan Shepherd, New York Times bestselling author

"Delightful, charming, and heartwarming!" -Wendy Higgins, New York Times bestselling author

"Heartwarming, lyrical, soulful, and with just the right amount of humor: this book sparkles with authentic, layered characters and beautiful, thoughtful prose." -Jodi Meadows, New York Times bestselling author

"Haunting, atmospheric, and absorbing..." -Claudia Gray, New York Times bestselling author

"Perfect for fans of Nora Roberts and Susanna Kearsley..." -Erin Cashman, award-winning author

★★★★★ THE CELTIC LEGENDS COLLECTION ★★★★★

From award-winning author Martina Boone, the Celtic Legends novels are cosy, uplifting, and unputdownable love stories with characters you won't forget and enchanting locations full of history, legend, and magic. Perfect for fans of Nora Roberts, Kristen Hannah, Susan Wiggs, Susan Mallery, Sarah Addison Allen's magical women's fiction, and Susanna Kearsley's novels with a historical sense of place, they'll whisk you away to the Scottish Highlands, romantic Cornish castles, and remote Irish islands. Read them in any order, although side characte


About the Author
Martina Boone is the award-winning author of the romantic Southern Gothic Heirs of Watson Island series for young adults, including Compulsion, Persuasion, and Illusion from Simon & Schuster, Simon Pulse, and heartwarming contemporary romances with a hint of magic for adult readers beginning with Lake of Destiny. She's also the founder of AdventuresInYAPublishing.com, a three-time Writer's Digest 101 Best Websites for Writers site and on the board of the Literary Council of Northern Virginia. She lives with her husband, children, a Shetland Sheepdog, and a lopsided cat, and she enjoys writing romance set in the kinds of magical places she loves to visit. When she isn't writing, she's addicted to travel, horses, skiing, chocolate flavored tea, and anything with Nutella on it.