My Last Continent

Description for MY LAST CONTINENT by Midge Raymond: An unforgettable debut with an irresistible love story, MY LAST CONTINENT is a big-hearted, propulsive novel set against the dramatic Antarctic landscape. It is only at the end of the world -- among the glacial mountains, cleaving icebergs, and frigid waters of Antarctica -- where Deb Gardner and Keller Sullivan feel at home. For the few blissful weeks they spend each year studying the habits of emperor and Ad??lie penguins, Deb and Keller can escape the frustrations and sorrows of their separate lives and find solace in their work and in each other. But Antarctica, like their fleeting romance, is tenuous, imperiled by the world to the north. A new travel and research season has just begun, and Deb and Keller are ready to play tour guide to the passengers on the small expedition ship that ferries them to their research destination. But this year, Keller fails to appear on board. Then, shortly into the journey, Deb?ÇÖs ship r