The Lost Lover is book 3 of the Wild Isle Series by Karen Swan.  It is set on the remote island of St Kilda around 1930.  The series follows the stories of the inhabitants before and after their evacuation from the island. The Last Summer was Effie's POV, in The Stolen Hours we heard Mhairi's story and in this third installment the island's beauty, Flora gets her say. 

I loved being back on the wild and rugged island of St Kilda.  This novel covers the same time frame as the previous two novels.  However despite the overlap, the events are seen from a completely new perspective so didn't feel repetitive in any way. In fact, new secrets were revealed and it helped remind me of parts of the story I had forgotten. 

Karen Swan is a master at evoking sense of place and it's obvious that an immense amount of research has been put in to create this fabulously detailed historical novel.  Swan also has a talent for creating engaging characters that leap off the page.  I particularly enjoyed Flora's character development throughout this novel. 

This is definitely a book I would recommend to readers of Historical Fiction, who love a little romance and mystery too.   It could work as a stand-alone novel but i feel it's better to read the first two books in the series beforehand.

Thank you to Pan Macmillan for inviting  me to read this book and for providing me with a digital ARC.