Beneath the waves, down in the deep, something dark and tempting waits. Our January 2025 Afterlight book is a paranormal adult romance! When a young woman travels to Scotland after her father’s death, she finds herself thrust into the world he’d always refused to speak of. Amongst the lochs and glens she begins to unearth secrets about herself and her family, but the biggest mystery may be how the rugged, gorgeous Scotsman she keeps running into holds the key to the answers she seeks . . . Keyanna ‘Key’ MacKay is used to secrets. Raised by a single father who never divulged his past, it’s only after his death that she finds herself thrust into the world he’d always refused to speak of. With just a childhood bedtime story about a monster that saved her father’s life and the name of her estranged grandmother to go off of, Key has no idea what she’ll find in Scotland. But repeating her father’s mistakes and being rescued by a gorgeous, angry Scotsman – who thinks she’s an idiot – is definitely the last thing she expects.Lachlan Greer has his own secrets to keep, especially from the bonnie lass he pulls to safety from the slippery shore – a lass with captivating eyes and the last name he’s been taught not to trust. He’s looking for answers as well, and Key’s presence on the grounds they both now occupy presents a real problem. It’s even more troublesome when he gets a front row seat to the lukewarm welcome Key receives from her family; the strange powers she begins to develop; and the fierce determination she brings to every obstacle in her path. Things he shouldn’t care about, and someone he definitely doesn’t find wildly attractive.When their secrets collide, it becomes clear that Lachlan could hold the answers Keyanna is after – and that she might also be the key to uncovering his. Up against time, mystery, and a centuries old curse, they’ll quickly discover that magic might not only be in fairy tales, and that love can be a real loch-mess. If you like Scottish settings and mythology as well as the enemies to lovers trope, we think you’ll enjoy this one! Photos by @bookwormgram