Blossoms and Blessings: "Yesterday's Tides" by Roseanna M. White

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

"Yesterday's Tides" by Roseanna M. White

About the Book

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

My Thoughts

I really enjoyed reading this book. I found it to be well written and easy to read. I didn't want to put it down and wished I could ignore everything else to read. At points, I wished I could read faster so I would know how the two timelines interconnected. I liked how the clues were laid out so you learned a little bit more every section. I loved the cameos from characters in Roseanna M. White's other books. And then finding out some of the characters from this book were in previous books, I had to go back and find them. The characters were realistic and fleshed out. I look forward to reading more books by Roseanna M. White.

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.

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