Yesterday's Tides by Roseanna M. White

 

In two world wars, intelligence and counterintelligence, prejudice, and self-sacrifice collide across two generations

In 1942, Evie Farrow is used to life on Ocracoke Island, where every day is the same--until the German U-boats haunting their waters begin to wreak havoc. And when special agent Sterling Bertrand is washed ashore at Evie's inn, her life is turned upside down. While Sterling's injuries keep him inn-bound for weeks, making him even more anxious about the SS officer he's tracking, he becomes increasingly intrigued by Evie, who seems to be hiding secrets of her own.

Decades earlier, in 1914, Englishman Remington Culbreth arrives at the Ocracoke Inn for the summer, never expecting to fall in love with Louisa Adair, the innkeeper's daughter. But when war breaks out in Europe, their relationship is put in jeopardy and may not survive what lies ahead for them.

As the ripples from the Great War rock Evie and Sterling's lives in World War II, it seems yesterday's tides may sweep them all into danger again today.

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About The Author

 

Roseanna M. White is a bestselling, Christy Award nominated author who has long claimed that words are the air she breathes. When not writing fiction, she’s homeschooling her two kids, editing, designing book covers, and pretending her house will clean itself. Roseanna is the author of a slew of historical novels that span several continents and thousands of years. Spies and war and mayhem always seem to find their way into her books…to offset her real life, which is blessedly ordinary. You can learn more about her and her stories at www.RoseannaMWhite.com.

My Review

This is such a great read, one that once you start you want to race through it for answers, but another part of you wants to go slow and savor!

This is a time split, beginning with the Great War, and then jumping to WWII, all beginning in Ocracoke Island, NC! These generational stories include the danger of being at War, there are U-Boats, and strangers on this remote island, but what a tale the author weaves to have you holding your breath, wanting to give some a shove for the evil they are doing, and wishing you could tell them the truth!

Be sure to read the authors notes, you will have insight as to how this novel evolved! I so glad it was brought to life, and as I said I didn't want it to end!

I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Bethany House, and was required to give a positive review.