The Bookshop on the Shore

A grand baronial house on Loch Ness,a quirky small-town booksellerand a single mom looking for a fresh start all come together in this witty and warm-hearted novel by New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan. Desperate to escape from Londonsingle mother Lottie wants to build a new life for herself and her son Raffie. She can barely afford the crammed studio apartment on a busy street where honking horns and shouting football fans keep them awake all night. If she doesn’t find a way out soonLottie knows it’s just a matter of time before she has a complete meltdown. On a whimshe answers an ad for a nanny job in the Scottish Highlandswhich is about as far away from the urban crush of London as possible. It sounds heavenly! The job description asks for someone capable of caring for two…wellthe advertisement says “gifted children”; the reality is more like “feral wolverines.” The children’s widowed father is a wreckand the kids run wild in a huge tumbledown castle on the heather-strewn banks of Loch Ness. Stillthe peacefulpicturesque location is everything London is not—and Lottie rises to the challenges of the job. With the help of Ninathe friendly local booksellerLottie begins to put down roots in the community. Are booksfresh airand kindness enough to heal this broken family—and her own…?