Heather Grace Stewart

From bestselling author Heather Grace Stewart comes a sweeping, slow-burn time-travel romance about legacy, longing, and love that refuses to let go.

Loch MacDowell has spent his life running from fame, expectations, and the shadow of the Portal that changed everything for his family. But when a mysterious voice calls him “Stray” and the rebuilt Gateway at Loch Ness erupts in light, Loch is pulled through time—and into 1647 Scotland.

There, he meets Paisley Bruce: a guarded, sharp-tongued artist who has been painting visions of him since childhood. She doesn’t trust easily. But the moment they meet, sparks fly and the air in Aven Valley shifts.

Stranded in a year he was never meant to see, Loch realizes something is deeply wrong with the timeline—and that his arrival in the past is no accident. While he tries to send warnings forward, Mills, Cal, Cam, Lila, Taylor, Gibby, Hamish, Mac, and Moira refuse to let him vanish into history. In 2050, they work together to uncover what happened… and how to bring him home.

As danger closes in on both sides of the centuries, Loch and Paisley are drawn together by a connection neither can explain, and a future neither is sure they can choose.

Perfect for fans of Outlander, The Seven Year Slip, Bridget Jones’s Diary, and the kind of time-bending romances readers describe as “Matt Haig, but with more kissing.” Love, Loch delivers destiny, danger, found family, and a love powerful enough to echo across centuries.