<p><b>&lsquo;A dramatic start to a gripping new series . . . meticulously researched and beautifully told by one of our most prolific and talented writers&rsquo; - Santa Montefiore on<i> The Last Summer</i></b><br><br><b>An Island full of secrets . . .</b><br><br>It&rsquo;s the summer of 1929 and Mhairi MacKinnon is in need of a husband. As the eldest girl among nine children, her father has made it clear that he can&rsquo;t support her past the coming winter. Options are limited on the island of St Kilda, but the MacKinnons&rsquo; neighbour, Donald, has a business acquaintance on Harris also in need of a spouse and offers to chaperone Mhairi there on his final crossing of the year.<br><br>She returns an engaged woman, but is in love with the wrong man &ndash; one who can never be hers. As she dreads the spring, when she will be sent from home to become a stranger&rsquo;s wife, word arrives that St Kilda is to be evacuated.<br><br>The lovers are granted a few more stolen hours together, but those last days on St Kilda also bring heartache for Mhairi and her friends. And, when a dead body is discovered on the abandoned isle, they all find themselves under the shadow of suspicion . . .<br><br><b><i>The Stolen Hours </i></b><b>is the second book in Karen Swan&rsquo;s bestselling Wild Isle series, which began with </b><b><i>The Last Summer.</i></b><br><br><b>Praise for <i>The Last Summer </i>(book one):</b><br><br>'Powerful writing and a wonderful premise make this a novel you&rsquo;ll simultaneously want to savour and race through. I loved it and can&rsquo;t wait for the next in the series!' - <b>Jill Mansell, author of <i>Promise Me</i></b><br><br>'The most exciting, enchanting and evocative story of forbidden love I&rsquo;ve ever read. I truly loved it and am waiting feverishly for the second instalment' - <b>Cathy Bramley, author of <i>The Sunrise Sisterhood</i></b></p>