<p><b>'<i>The Last Summer </i>is meticulously researched and beautifully told . . . a wonderfully satisfying read' </b>– <b>Santa Montefiore<br><br>The <i>Sunday Times</i> Bestselling Historical Fiction<br><br>Summer on St Kilda – a wild, remote Scottish island. In the 1930s, t</b><b>wo strangers from drastically different worlds meet . . .</b><br><br>Wild-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.<br><br>Three months later, St Kilda lays silent as the islanders are evacuated for a better life on the mainland. With her friends and family scattere
