Publication Date: February 4, 2025
In a time of war, danger lurks beneath the water—and in the depths of the human heart
As the German war machine devours the Netherlands, the only way Cilla van der Zee can survive the occupation is to do the unthinkable—train to become a spy for the Nazis. Once dispatched to Britain, she plans to abandon her mission and instead aid the Allies. But her scheme is thwarted when naval officer Lt. Lachlan Mackenzie finds her along the Scottish shore and turns her in to be executed.
Yet perhaps she is more useful alive than dead. British intelligence employs her to radio misleading messages to Germany from the lighthouse at Dunnet Head in Scotland—messages filled with naval intelligence Lachlan must provide. If the war is to be won, Lachlan and Cilla must work together. But how can he trust a woman who arrived on his shores as a tool of the enemy—a woman certain to betray both him and the Allied cause?
Desperate to get away after infiltrating the Dutch Nazis, Cilla van der Zee hatches a bold plan. She plans to become a Nazi spy dispatched to England, where she can disappear and start a new life.
Author Sarah Sundin sets Cilla on a collision course packed with danger in Midnight on the Scottish Shore. Lachlan Mackenzie takes his role as protector of Scapa Flow seriously. As the base for the Home Fleet, the harbor and its installations serve as a crucial line of defense.
When Lachlan discovers a young woman on the shore claiming to be a Dutch refugee, he immediately takes her into custody, which isn’t quite the outcome Cilla wants. In fact, her survival depends on working with the man with zero tolerance for spies.
Readers will need a scorecard to track the back and forth of double agents feeding information to one side or the other. Meanwhile, the author manages to weave in a beautiful romance.
Midnight on the Scottish Shore offers a rare look into the secret world of double agents and life in Scotland during World War II.
Sarah Sundin is the bestselling author of Embers in the London Sky, The Sound of Light, Until Leaves Fall in Paris, and When Twilight Breaks, as well as the popular WWII series Sunrise at Normandy, among others. She is a Christy Award winner and a Carol Award winner, and her novels have received starred reviews from Booklist, Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly. Sarah lives in Southern California.
