Lochinvar: A Novel
1898
The legendary loch holds its secrets in this passionate tale of love and danger in late 17th-century Galloway. Young Walter Gordon, laird of Lochinvar, carries a dangerous secret: his heart belongs to Kate McGhie, a woman as beautiful as she is unreachable. Beneath their flirtatious banter and stolen glances lies a world of political treachery, where a single wrong word can mean death, and love is a luxury few can afford. Crockett weaves the intimacy of forbidden romance against the brutal machinery of Scottish history. The Covenanting cause burns in the Lowlands, informants lurk in every village, and Walter's double life places him on a razor's edge. Kate is no mere prize. She is sharp-witted, fiercely independent, caught between what her heart demands and what her world permits. This is historical romance at its atmospheric, moorland-breathing finest: a story where pursuing love might be the bravest or most foolish choice a person can make.
