On a Northern Shore - Janis Mackay

In the far reaches of northern Scotland, it’s said the dead still linger among the living…
 
On Hogmanay, lobster fisherman Rob Sinclair stands alone at the edge of the North Sea, tipping a dram into the icy water, a long-held family ritual, a gift to the Selkie of local legend.
 
That same night, a mysterious young woman, Mairi, turns up in the village. She carries a grim instruction passed down from her late mother: to complete three acts of revenge for wrongs committed long before she was born.
 
Both wounded in their own quiet ways, Rob and Mairi are drawn together. Rob can’t help but be captivated by her, yet she slips through understanding — changeable, secretive, never quite the same from one moment to the next. And one thing soon becomes clear: Mairi is hiding more than she reveals…