The Night We First Met - a Highland Books short story (the prequel)

A summer night, a chance encounter... The prequel to Highland Fling.
A woman and her child walk into a lonely man's life and change it forever. Ranald McLatchie has battled loneliness and depression all his life. When his sister bullies him into attending a party, he's a reluctant guest. But the party holds promise in the form of an unintended guest.

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