The Poet of Loch Ness

The Poet of Loch Ness by Corrigan, Brian Jay. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780312329310.

How far would you go to make your lovers dreams come true? Spirited Perdita Miggs is thrilled when her bland marine-biologist husband, Perry, gets a grant to spend the summer studying Loch Ness. Home to her alma mater, Scotland is also the place where seventeen years ago Perdita fell in love with Highland poet Andrew Macgruer. At the bed-and-breakfast where Perdita and Perry are staying lives an eccentric pair of sisters, Kira and Catitlìn. Among the unexpected guests are Breton Trent, Kiras old flame, and Andrew, whose allure has only improved with age. Recognizing in Kiras thwarted love an example of her own, Perdita works to bring the couple together again. In the process she finds herself growing ever closer to Andrew. Perrys subsequent anguish, however, incidentally coincides with an illness that seems to affect her heart. As three sets of love triangles hurtle toward final conclusions, the marine biologists quest for the legendary creature of Loch Ness becomes the central metaphor for the secrets that glide beneath the surface of us all.