Mary Willis has come from the United States to a rugged coastal village in Scotland to join her husband, Don, and work on a book. Her husband is an engineer working on a project for a power company. His expertise on water flows is what has gotten him this job.
This expertise has lead him to believe there is something wrong with the water flow numbers the company is getting, but he isnt able to determine what is wrong just from the maps he has been given by the people working on the project. Exploring the caves is dangerous as they fill completely during high tide and if you get lost and trapped in the caves, youll never be seen again. A fate that many others have experienced.
Dons predecessor in his position died when he presumably got drunk one evening and fell off the cliffs. He left behind some very cryptic notes that Mary has found, but cannot understand. Don isnt interested in those scribbling and eventually Mary turns the notes over to the village minister, who is sure the devil is at work in the community.
It turns out that Mary is a descendant of the people in this village and she comes to love living here. She is making great progress on her writing for her book and theyve hired a local and experienced handyman, Jamie McPherson, to do much needed maintenance and upkeep on the home that they are living in.
Mary and Don dont have the strongest marriage but Don doesnt feel the need to worry too much about leaving Mary home alone when he needs to go back to the US for a couple weeks to attend a conference. While there, he stops by New York to drop what she has written for her book off to her publisher. Hes frustrated because he has not been able to reach her by phone during the entire trip despite many attempts. The locals tell him she is fine but wont take calls.
While away, Mary starts an affair with Jamie McPherson. She feels inexplicably drawn to him and looses all desire to do anything except dream of the time that she gets to spend with him.
The problem is that Jamie is not really human hes a Selkie, part sea-creature and part human. He is looking for an appropriate mate to continue his species because he is the last of the fertile men of his species.
I liked the story but dont let the description on the back of the book fool you. Mary doesnt do crap to uncover the nature of his dark and terrible secret. In fact, she is completely blind to the fact that Jamie transforms in front of her while they are making love.
This expertise has lead him to believe there is something wrong with the water flow numbers the company is getting, but he isnt able to determine what is wrong just from the maps he has been given by the people working on the project. Exploring the caves is dangerous as they fill completely during high tide and if you get lost and trapped in the caves, youll never be seen again. A fate that many others have experienced.
Dons predecessor in his position died when he presumably got drunk one evening and fell off the cliffs. He left behind some very cryptic notes that Mary has found, but cannot understand. Don isnt interested in those scribbling and eventually Mary turns the notes over to the village minister, who is sure the devil is at work in the community.
It turns out that Mary is a descendant of the people in this village and she comes to love living here. She is making great progress on her writing for her book and theyve hired a local and experienced handyman, Jamie McPherson, to do much needed maintenance and upkeep on the home that they are living in.
Mary and Don dont have the strongest marriage but Don doesnt feel the need to worry too much about leaving Mary home alone when he needs to go back to the US for a couple weeks to attend a conference. While there, he stops by New York to drop what she has written for her book off to her publisher. Hes frustrated because he has not been able to reach her by phone during the entire trip despite many attempts. The locals tell him she is fine but wont take calls.
While away, Mary starts an affair with Jamie McPherson. She feels inexplicably drawn to him and looses all desire to do anything except dream of the time that she gets to spend with him.
The problem is that Jamie is not really human hes a Selkie, part sea-creature and part human. He is looking for an appropriate mate to continue his species because he is the last of the fertile men of his species.
I liked the story but dont let the description on the back of the book fool you. Mary doesnt do crap to uncover the nature of his dark and terrible secret. In fact, she is completely blind to the fact that Jamie transforms in front of her while they are making love.
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