Today we have Aubrie Dionne here. Her newest book, Love on Loch Ness, is now available, and she's here to talk about some fun facts about Loch Ness.
Five Fun Facts About Loch Ness
One of the reasons why I decided to write a contemporary romance centered around Scotland’s Loch Ness was the mystery and the hushed atmosphere surrounding the lake. Quoting from the cab driver in the book, I thought it would “bring out the best in people and the worst.” If you read Love on Loch Ness, you’ll see what I mean…
- Loch Ness is 755 ft (230 m) deep--three times as deep as the lake by my house and the deepest loch in Scotland. It contains more freshwater than all the lakes in England and Wales combined. (That’s a very big space to hide if you’re a Loch Ness monster!)
- The first sighting of the Loch Ness monster was in 665 AD by the Abbot of Iona, describing how a saint triumphed over a “water beast” in the River Ness.
- Scientists have used a number of devices to sweep the lake, including echo scanners, searchlight sonar and sidescan sonar. In 1954, a boat using an echo-sounder obtained an image of a beast under the waters by Urquhart Castle.
- Urquhart Castle, the ruins beside the lake, is one of Scotland’s biggest castles with a bloody history in the 13th-17th centuries. It fell in English hands and was reclaimed and lost again and again.
- The movie “Loch Ness” with Ted Danson was filmed on location. It’s a great movie with a lot of the same sentiments in my book.
Dr. Gail Phillips steps onto the shores of Loch Ness to disprove the
Loch Ness monster theory for good so everyone can stop wasting their
time. As a marine biologist with a background in archeology, she's
convinced all of the world's myths such as Big Foot, the Tasmanian
devil, and even Nessie are lies. Her father disappeared while following
Yettie tracks in the Alps, and she doesn't want to lose another mislead
soul.
Flynn Maloney comes from a family of fanatic
cryptozoologists. As a native of Scotland, he believes in Nessie as
strong as Gail believes in science. Despite his initial attraction for
her, he's joined her research team to prove her wrong. He wants to find
Nessie for a special girl in his life, to show her dreams really can
come true.
As they conduct sonar studies and sweeps of the lake,
their differing opinions are at odds with their budding attraction. Gail
doesn't believe in anything unscientific, such as romance, thinking the
charming Flynn Maloney is full of baloney. Flynn can't believe he's
falling for someone with no imagination or faith. To make matters worse,
their videographer is covering his true identity. Together they must
unravel his plan before he destroys everything they are working for.
Will Gail force Flynn to question his faith, or will she discover more
than she bargained for in the Scottish highlands?
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Aubrie Dionne is an
author and flutist in New England. Her books have received the highest ratings
from Romance Times Magazine, as well as Night Owl Reviews and Two Lips Reviews.
She has guest blogged on the USA Today Happily Ever After Blog and the Dear Teen
Me blog and signed books at the Boston Book Festival, Barnes and Noble, and the
Romance Writers of America conference. Her books are published by Entangled
Publishing, Harper Impulse, Astraea Press, Spencer Hill Press, Inkspell
Publishing, and Lyrical Press. When she's not writing, Aubrie teaches flute and
plays in orchestras.
