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2000s: Every family has secrets. Some are deadly.
2000s: Every family has secrets. Some are deadly.
Eve returns to the windswept Scottish island of her childhood, drawn back to her mother’s secluded artistic retreat by unsettling news – a local boy connected to the family has gone missing.
But the island feels different. Her sister won’t speak, her brother is on edge, and the retreat’s once-thriving group of artists and misfits are quietly packing up and leaving.
As a fierce storm rages across the island, Eve must confront whatever it is her family are hiding – and the darkness that may be lurking far closer than she ever imagined.
A Scottish island
The author says that she took research trips to various Scottish islands in 2023 to invent the atmospheric, stormy setting needed for the story which unfolds here.
The Haven
This is the name of the secluded artistic retreat run by the protagonist Eve’s mother.
Destination/location: Scotland Author/guide: Jen L Crow Departure Time: 2000s
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