Tides of Summer

Posted on June 12, 2019 | 5 comments

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Welcome to the final stop on the Tides of Summer Blog Tour! We hope you’ve enjoyed learning about these nine novels that feature water, each in its own unique way. . . making them each the perfect beach (or beach-season ) read.

If you’ve been following on with us for the past few weeks, you know that nine authors have banded together to create a fabulous giveaway for 10 of you awesome readers. Prizes will include a copy of each book featured here, plus one GRAND prize pack in the style of a subscription box. What fun we had putting it together!

Our books span genres—from YA to romantic suspense, women’s fiction, romance, contemporary, and historical—but all of them are clean reads that will offer hours of entertainment this summer.

The Grand Prize includes the following awesome gifts from our authors:

  • The Secrets of Paper and Ink by Lindsay Harrel plus a custom wood-burned bookmark and Reading Weather candle
  • Summer by the Tides by Denise Hunter plus an ocean-scented candle
  • Strands of Truth (ARC) by Colleen Coble plus lavender soap
  • Coral (ARC) by Sara Ella plus one sampler packet of Savoy Miracle Mermaid Tea and one Spireside Sun Soaked Shores wax melt pack
  • Daughters of Northern Shores by Joanne Bischof plus a nautical journal
  • A Glitter of Gold (ARC) by Liz Johnson plus a pirate box with gold feather necklace and a custom Sparkle of Silver candle
  • The Dating Charade (ARC) by Melissa Ferguson plus custom playing cards
  • Porch Swing Girl by Taylor Bennett plus a world map print with quote
  • Whose Waves These Are by Amanda Dykes plus a nautical scarf

For the last featured book, it’s my joy to introduce to you…

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In the wake of WWII, a grieving fisherman submits a poem to a local newspaper: a rallying cry for hope, purpose . . . and rocks. Send me a rock for the person you lost, and I will build something life-giving. When the poem spreads farther than he ever intended, Robert Bliss’s humble words change the tide of a nation. Boxes of rocks inundate the tiny, coastal Maine town, and he sets his calloused hands to work, but the building halts when tragedy strikes. Decades later, Annie Bliss is summoned back to Ansel-by-the-Sea when she learns her Great-Uncle Robert, the man who became her refuge during the hardest summer of her youth, is now the one in need of help. What she didn’t anticipate was finding a wall of heavy boxes hiding in his home. Long-ago memories of stone ruins on a nearby island trigger her curiosity, igniting a fire in her anthropologist soul to uncover answers. She joins forces with the handsome and mysterious harbor postman, and all her hopes of mending the decades-old chasm in her family seem to point back to the ruins. But with Robert failing fast, her search for answers battles against time, a foe as relentless as the ever-crashing waves upon the sea.
Not sure if this is the book for you? That’s the handy thing about reviews . . . see what the word on the wind is, and whether this story might be up your alley:
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How grateful I am, that these people with full and busy lives, have shared their hearts with this book! Truly, truly grateful for this, and for their kindness. It gladdens my heart to think of such hearts populating Ansel-by-the-Sea. If you’d like to join them, you can find the book here at your preferred booksellers…
And do be sure to enter the giveaway below, too!
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Enter via the Rafflecopter below. You only have to enter ONCE to be eligible for all of the prizes. On June 14, we will draw the Grand Prize winner first and then, from the remaining pool of entrants, the nine winners of the individual book giveaways will be selected.

 

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 *Giveaway is U.S. only, 18+.
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B O N  V O Y A G E !
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 If you missed any of the previous stops, do be sure to check them out!

 

5 Comments

  1. Mary A Steinbrenner June 12, 2019 at 8:55 pm

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  2. Ruth O. June 12, 2019 at 9:48 pm

    These books sound fabulous! I would read and then pass on as gifts to my mom and friends!

  3. Cheryl Hart June 12, 2019 at 11:45 pm

    Such a GREAT book! Loved it.

  4. Ann Zoch June 13, 2019 at 12:56 pm

    These books would be an enjoyable addition to anyone’s summer! What a fun opportunity–thank you!

  5. SARAH TAYLOR June 14, 2019 at 3:56 am

    These books sound so amazing thank you for the awesome giveaway!