The Loch by Beth A. Freely (Author) is a book I learned about from Voracious Readers that I looked up online and when I saw the cover of the book with the couple and how happy they look I was drawn into the story. The other day while David and I were out running errands I stopped by the Library and checked out a copy of the book to read.
I love how the Author made the main character a photojournalist which because this is a career I’ve been fascinated with. She takes photos of war torn locales and for me it would have been heartbreaking to hear what the subjects went through but it would also make us stronger. She goes to Scotland and the Loch to get away from things and this is a place I would love to visit as well.
While there she meets Crispin Yates isn’t that a intriguing name? He is not only a literary professor but a pub barkeep which was a teaching moment for me as I didn’t know what that was but now that I do I would also like to be one when I grow up. They fall in love but there love is threatened and no, I’m not going to tell you why or by who because you need to pick up a copy of The Loch for yourself to find out.
About the book:
When award-winning photojournalist M.C. “Maggie” Warner decides to take a break from assignments in war-torn locales, she picks Balloch, Scotland on the shores of Loch Lomond to get away. She knew she would find solace and beauty around the Loch. She didn’t expect to find love.
Enter Crispin Yates. Full time literary professor. Part time pub barkeep. He knew the day he met Maggie Warner he would marry her. Their conversations about photography and literature endear her to him. And he cannot get enough of tramping through the highlands of Scotland with her.
But their love is threatened by a family member who doesn’t exactly like anyone not of the upper class. They will do anything to besmirch Maggie’s name, including throwing high-born socialite Lady Camilla Knightsbridge Langdon at Crispin.
Can Maggie and Crispin’s love survive the rolling moors of Scotland? Or will it be drowned in “The Loch?
Meet the Author: Beth A. Freely
Born and raised in upstate New York, with a brief and very influential stint living in Great Britain, Beth A. Freely now calls Texas her home.
With more than 14 years of writing experience as a copywriter, she holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Mass Media Communication with a minor in Marketing and a master’s degree in English and Creative Writing.
In 2003, she published some of her fanfiction online and won awards for her stories. Two years later, she was the first-place winner of the 2005 Arche Books Publishing Novel Writing Contest, Women’s Fiction with her novel Behind the Eyes of Dorian Gray.
The Legend of Captain St. Pierre, her second novel, was written with her best friend, Mariam, and is the first book in a planned trilogy.
The Loch is her third novel.
Beyond The Steps of Stone is her fourth novel and won the 2022 SPRING BOOKFEST AWARDS – 1st Place Romance/Science-Fiction and 2nd Place Science-Fiction/Aliens & Alien Invasion.
She loves horseback riding, swimming, reading, cuddling her cats, and helping other authors hone their craft.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
