The Summer Skies

New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan takes us to the gloriously windswept islands of northern Scotland,where we meet young Morag McGintywho runs the puddle-jumper flights that serve the islands’ tiny but proudly feisty population. Morag McGinty is a Scottish lass from the remote islands that make up the northernmost reaches of the UK. She’s also a third-generation pilotthe heir apparent to an island plane service she runs with her grandfather. The islands–over 500 dots of windswept land that reach almost to Norway–rely on their one hardworking prop plane to deliver mailpackagestouristsmedicineand the occasional sheep. As the keeper of this vital lifelineMorag is used to landing on pale golden beaches and tiny grass airstripswhether during great storms or on bright endless summer nights. Up in the blue skyMorag feels at one with the elements. Down on the ground is a different matterthough. Her grandfather is considering and Morag wonders if she truly wants to spend the rest of her life in the islands. Her boyfriend Timfrom flight schoolwants Morag to move to Dubai with himwhere they’ll fly A380s and say goodbye to Scotland’s dark winters. Morag is on the verge of making a huge life change when an unusually bumpy landing during a storm finds her marooned on Inchborn island. Inchborn is gloriously off-gridhome only to an ancient ruined abbeya bird-watching stationand a population of one: Gregor Camerona visiting ornithologist from Glasgow who might have just the right perspective to help Morag pilot her course.