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Soon Flora is the toast of glamorous Paris; fame and fortune are hers for the taking. But at a high price.<\/p>\n<p>When a scandal erupts back home, she is implicated, along with her friends, Effie and Mhairi. But then a deception comes to light that will change everything . . .<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\">The Lost Lover<\/span><span class=\"a-text-bold\">\u00a0is Book Three in Karen Swan&#8217;s bestselling Wild Isle series of love stories set on St Kilda, which can be read in any order. Continue exploring the romantic islands of Scotland with The Last Summer, The Stolen Hours and The Midnight Secret.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;One of our most prolific and talented writers\u2019 \u2013 Santa Montefiore<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This sweeping love story gripped us from the start\u2019 &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\">Independent<\/span><span class=\"a-text-bold\"><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Powerful writing and a wonderful premise make this a novel you\u2019ll simultaneously want to savour and race through. I loved it!\u2019 &#8211; Jill Mansell, author of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\">An Almost Perfect Summer<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Paperback<br \/>\nISBN 978-1529084481<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"a-text-bold\">Transporting you to 1930 and the beautiful, remote island of St Kilda,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\">The Lost Lover<\/span><span class=\"a-text-bold\">\u00a0is the sweeping historical romance from bestselling author Karen Swan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\">An epic first love. A second chance . . .<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":15480,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}"},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[549,592,553],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15479","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-books","7":"product_cat-novel","8":"product_cat-st-kilda-books","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Lost Lover by Karen Swan - Hebrides People<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/product\/the-lost-lover-by-karen-swan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Lost Lover by Karen Swan - Hebrides People\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Transporting you to 1930 and the beautiful, remote island of St Kilda,\u00a0The Lost Lover\u00a0is the sweeping historical romance from bestselling author Karen Swan.  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