Morag MacIntyre is a Scottish lass from the remote islands that make up the northernmost reaches of the UK. She's also the heir apparent to an island plane service she runs with her grandfather. The islands--dots of windswept land that reach almost to Norway--rely on their one hardworking prop plane to deliver mail, packages, tourists, medicine, and the occasional sheep. Morag is used to landing on pale golden beaches and tiny grass airstrips, whether during great storms or on bright endless summer nights. Up in the blue sky, Morag feels at one with the elements. Down on the ground is a different matter, though. Her grandfather needs to retire, and her boyfriend, Hayden, wants Morag to move to Dubai with him, where they'll fly A380s and say goodbye to Scotland's dark winters. Morag is on the verge of making a huge life change when a storm finds her marooned on Inchborn island, gloriously off-grid, home only to an ancient, ruined abbey, a bird-watching station, and a population of one: Gregor, a visiting ornithologist from Glasgow who might have just the right perspective to help Morag pilot her course.-- Back cover.