Denise Hunter is the queen of small-town, summertime romances. As I pulled Summer by the Tides off my bookshelf and began to dive in, I found myself immersed in yet another captivating story.
Restaurant manager, Maddy Monroe is reeling from the betrayal of her ex-boyfriend when she receives a call about her beloved grandmother missing from her Sea Haven, North Carolina cottage. She's come back to the place where her family was pulled apart by betrayal and secrets. Despite 20 years between the events, bitterness still remains between her older sisters Nora and Emma and Maddy finds trying to be the peacemaker again unpleasant and difficult.
Connor Sullivan might be one of my favorite heroes by this author. He's kind, hard-working, loves his family and his community. Despite the trials and hardships, he's experienced in his life he remains a constant in people's life.
The one minor issue I had with Maddy was how quick she was to jump to conclusions. It made her somewhat of an annoying heroine always projecting what she thought someone was like or thinking she had the whole picture when in actuality she didn't know anything. Assumptions are why many relationships in our lives are ruined and it never pays to allow this way of thinking to thrive. You do not know what someone is thinking without asking them, period. I actually wish that the story would have made this more of a lesson instead of just a way to move the plot.
Denise Hunter is known for writing swoon worthy romances that you want to happen in real life and Summer by the Tides is no exception, but I found myself a little more invested in the three sisters' relationship, the secrets, and how they were going to heal this massive rift?
I did appreciate that this book has a little more of a faith element with the conversations that Connor and Maddy have, and that Connor was the one to initiation them.
If you love small-town women's fiction with an edge you need to add author Denise Hunter's books to your TBR list.
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