Romance Review – UNDER LOCH AND KEY by Lana Ferguson @berkleyromance

Under Loch and Key by Lana Ferguson
Also by this author: The Fake Mate

Published by Berkley Romance on December 3, 2024
Genres: Paranormal, Romance
Pages: 415
Source: Netgalley
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FTC Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley. All opinions are my own.

 

 

I’ve been loving paranormal romances lately and Lana Ferguson really delivers with her latest novel, Under Loch and Key. The idea of cryptids, particularly the Loch Ness Monster, has always fascinated me, so the concept of this book, where the Loch Ness Monster is actually a young man who is the victim of a generations-long curse just really called to me.

What called to me even more though is that this paranormal romance features two of my favorite tropes, enemies-to-lovers and grumpy-sunshine.  So not only is the Loch Ness Monster really a hot young man named Lachlan Greer, who turns into Nessie at night, but he’s also bit of a grump who has a grudge against the MacKay family and is more than happy to let Keyanna MacKay know about it when they first cross paths and he has to rescue her before she falls into the dangerous loch.

I loved watching the sparks fly between Keyanna and Lachlan when they first meet, but both of their stories just tugged at my heartstrings once I got to know more about them. Keyanna’s story was especially heartbreaking, as she has come to Scotland to spread her father’s ashes. He was the only family she had and she is just lost without him and hoping to connect with his estranged family in Scotland.  Things don’t go well when she first arrives and then she has an angry confrontation with Lachlan so my heart just went out to her.  But then as soon as I learned about the curse and all that Lachlan has had to deal with that wasn’t of his own making, my heart went out to him as well.

When Keyanna discovers Lachlan’s secret and starts to develop strange powers of her own and realizes that she might be able to help Lachlan, I loved that the two of them learn to trust each other enough to put aside their differences and work together to try to break this curse. I was really rooting for the two of them in every possible way.

If you enjoy paranormal, enemies to lovers romances, Scottish settings and lore, and heartwarming family stories, you can’t go wrong with Under Loch and Key.

Thanks so much to Kristin Cipolla for the invitiation to participate in the blog tour. Under Loch and Key is available now!