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    Lake of Destiny: A Celtic Legends Novel

    By Martina Boone

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    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 welcome escape from Anna Cameron's second broken engagement. The argumentative villagers and dangerous sheep are a setback, but it's Connal MacGregor who poses a bigger problem.
    Connal gave up his career and moved to the secluded glen, determined to protect his disfigured daughter after the accident that killed her mother. He can't allow busloads of tourists and journalists onto his property for the annual Sighting ceremony.
    For centuries, the romantic tradition of looking into the loch on the first of May to catch a glimpse of the person you are meant to love has been a well-kept local secret. Opening the ceremony to the public, though, could bring in business for the struggling village shops, inns, and bed and breakfasts.

    Anna tries to mediate between village's needs and Connal's fight to keep his daughter safe. She finds herself falling in love—with Connal and his fragile daughter, with the villagers, and with the enchanted glen itself. But knowing whom you are meant to love isn't always welcome news. Learning more about the Sighting rips open generations of Anna's family secrets. And when danger comes calling, she and Connal must decide whether they can trust each other—and themselves—enough to let destiny give them a second chance together.

    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 beautifully romantic story filled with 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

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

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

    From award-winning author Martina Boone, the Celtic Legends novels are cozy, 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 characters from previous books are sometimes mentioned.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMayfair Publishing
    Release dateApr 25, 2017
    ISBN9781946773012
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    Lake of Destiny: A Celtic Legends Novel
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    Martina Boone

    Martina Boone was born in Prague and spoke several languages before learning English. She fell in love with words and never stopped delighting in them. She’s the author of the Heirs of Watson Island series, and the founder of both AdventuresinYAPublishing.com, a Writer’s Digest 101 Best Websites for Writers site, and YASeriesInsiders.com, a Tumblr site devoted to news, giveaways, and insider secrets of much-loved and up-and-coming YA series. From her home in Virginia, where she lives with her husband, children, and Auggie the wonder dog, she enjoys writing contemporary fantasy set in the kinds of magical places she’d love to visit. When she isn’t writing, she’s addicted to travel, horses, skiing, chocolate flavored tea, and anything with Nutella on it.

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    • 5/5
      This book was amazing! I love all things Celtic so that is what initially drew me to this novel. This was the first book I have read by this author so I wasn't sure what exactly to expect. But once I started it, I could not put it down!!!! Although the author is definitely her own person, it reminds me of a Maeve Binchy-type novel. The storytelling is fantastic, the characters are well-defined, and believable and she weaves such a tale of love and magic! I cannot wait to see what else this series holds!
    • 3/5
      Cute, sweet romance with a magical realism twist.
    • 4/5
      This first book in Martina Boone’s new Celtic Legends series doesn't disappoint with cute Highland men wearing kilts, overly friendly dogs making mischief, and two singles so caught up in the organization of a traditional Highland festival that they can't seem to find time to fall in love.Yet we know going into this sweet romance from Mayfair Publishing that there will be love by the end of the book. It's not the destination that we’re concerned with here but rather the journey from being lonely to being in love.What helps the story is that you immediately like Anna, the heroine. And who can't fall instantly in love with a devastatingly handsome former blockbuster movie star now widower who puts the care and comfort of his only daughter above his own needs. It seems like an instant match to me.However, what throws off the story for me is the convoluted backstories of both our heroine and hero. There are repeated tellings - and I mean *repeated* - of Anna’s story. We can piece together what has driven Anna to the Highlands: (1) a strained relationship between Anna and her mother, because of Anna’s participation in childhood beauty pageants; (2) Anna’s strained relationship with her sister, Katherine, who took something of Anna’s (3) Anna’s human error at her former law firm that caused her to leave D.C. We understand what molded Anna into the person she is at the beginning and end of her story. She grows during this story. I LOVE when a heroine grows during the story. We have a climax and resolution for her first backstory; which I think is why I liked Anna so much. I understood her growth during the story. But resolution for the other two are rather half hearted and really felt like they could be cut out If they aren’t worth a proper resolution.I feel the same about Connal’s backstory. While we hear repeated pieces of his background story I get lost in the different versions of Connal as he keeps reinventing himself to present to the outside world. Each with it's own name. I never feel like I really connected to who Connal is on the inside. I don't believe his background story was told with the same conviction with which Anna’s story was told. Therefore I felt like we missed something when the ending came and it was a happily ever after for Connal but I still had open wounds for him that hadn't yet healed.That being said, this is truly a sweet romance that I had the pleasure to read. Boone has a wonderful turn of a phrase and has mastered the art of description. I shall never be able travel to the Highlands myself, but I do believe that for a few hours Boone had transported me there. I will remember the experience fondly in my dreams. Clearly Boone has mastered storytelling, so I'm writing off any missing holes in Connal’s story as the price we pay in today's cutthroat publishing world with an eye on page count and costs. Given an unlimited canvas to write on I'm convinced Boone would have presented us with a masterful backstory and growth for Connal. I can't wait to read the next book in the series and continue my relation with the inhabitants of Boone’s Highland.I received a free copy but voluntarily reviewed.