From the author of the drama Backcountry and the raw and honest Ivan & Me comes a love story. After a violent tragedy left her lost and alone, Emma Barlow ran away from her life in New York City. All her meticulously placed belongings were left in her spotlessly clean apartment. The exceptions: a suitcase, clothing to fill it, and a numbered bottle of single cask Caol Ila. With help from the mysterious residents of Rathlin Island and the protection of a magic cottage there, Emma transforms her life of dull expectation to one of joy and spontaneity. When the residents secretly change Emma's identity, great fortune and unfortunate consequences follow. It was inevitable Emma's tragic past would catch up with her.