About the book: 2000 / Kate Ruthven returned to Ireland, on the coast of Lake of Shadows, to care for her sick father. She did not recognize her native place. Wild nature has given way to a civilized paradise thanks to Conor Burke, who built a hotel here. The girl initially hated Conor, but gradually warmed to him. The appearance of her former friend Basil Kent with a new girlfriend, the rich and brilliant Esther, disturbed the calm on the Lake of Shadows…