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.

Review: 

Roseanna M. White is another author whose work I will pick up to read without hesitation. I don't need to read the back cover or have any synopsis. I just know that if she wrote it, it is well researched and beautifully written. Have I mentioned how much I enjoy her writing?

As seems to be popular right now, this novel is written from two different time periods/perspectives. Honestly, I've never been a big fan of this, but White does a good job of pulling it off. The stories of both Evie (1942) and Louisa (1914) will keep you turning the pages and cheering for the characters entangled in the Great Wars.  The only thing that I struggled with was how fast the story went and accelerated their stories were. I feel like this is a drawback of dual time lines and trying to fit so much story into one book. Honestly, both stories could have used their own book and simply more page time to develop their relationships.

That being said... It's Roseanna White and she does an amazing job of writing stories that refuse to leave your mind for days or weeks after.

Thank-you to Graf Martin Communications and Baker Publishing for a copy of this book.