Tide and Tempest

This week, the

Christian Fiction Blog Alliance

is introducing

Tide and Tempest

Bethany House Publishers (March 4, 2014)

by

Elizabeth Ludwig


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Elizabeth  Ludwig is an award-winning author whose work has been featured on Novel Rocket, the Christian Authors Network, and The Christian Pulse. Her first novel, Where the Truth Lies (co-authored with Janelle Mowery), earned her the 2008 IWA Writer of the Year Award. This book was followed in 2009 by "I'll be Home for Christmas", part of the Christmas anthology collection, Christmas Homecoming.


In 2011, her second mystery, Died in the Wool (co-authored with Janelle Mowery) was nominated for a Carol Award. In 2012, the popular EDGE OF FREEDOM series released from Bethany House Publishers. Books one and two, No Safe Harbor and Dark Road Home, respectively, earned 4 Stars from the RT Book Reviews. Book three, Tide and Tempest, received top honors with 4 1/2 Stars.


Elizabeth is an accomplished speaker and teacher, often attending conferences and seminars where she lectures on editing for fiction writers, crafting effective novel proposals, and conducting successful editor/agent interviews. Along with her husband and children, she makes her home in the great state of Texas.


ABOUT THE BOOK

Two years ago, her fiance perished during their voyage to America.


Now she discovers it may have been murder...



Dreaming of a better life, Tillie McGrath leaves Ireland behind and, with her beloved fiance by her side, sets sail for America. But when illness robs her of the man she holds dear, she's left alone with only a handful of tattered memories. While forging on proves difficult, Tillie soon finds some new friends at her New York boardinghouse, and begins pursuing a new dream--to open a home for orphaned children.


Despite two years passing, Captain Keondric Morgan has never forgotten the lass who left his ship so heartbroken. When a crewman's deathbed confession reveals her fiance's demise was the result of murder, the captain knows he must try to contact her. But his attention draws the notice of others as well--dangerous men who believe Tillie has in her possession something that could expose their crimes. And to their way of thinking, the best way to prevent such an outcome is to seize the evidence and then hand Tillie the same fate as her naïve fiance.


If you would like to read the first chapter of Tide and Tempest, go HERE.



MY THOUGHTS:

I had no idea that this was the 3rd and final book in a series, and to be honest, I wasn't happy about it at all. I just knew I wasn't going to know what in the world was going on, and who all the characters were but I was wrong! Tide and Tempest was an excellent book and I wasn't lost at all!

I just love Tillie and felt for her in so many situations. Her grief for her late fiancé and her own internal battle is just heart wrenching! I wanted just to shake her and then ever so gently share how the Grace of God will erase all of her wounds and her sins. I never really understood why this wasn't covered in a "Christian Fiction Book" but, it is what it is I guess. :)

I love Captain Morgan and his tender heart towards Tillie but it drove me crazy how long it took for them to learn of one another's feelings!

If you like Romance, Suspense, Drama, then Tide & Tempest is for you! You will LOVE as did I!