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Book 2 in The Heart Tides Series. As the summer of 1934 fades away, Julianna McAllister has every reason to believe she's widowed from her new husband and the great love of her life, Jace McAllister. She had been a rogue wave when they first met, resisting a shore where her wealthy family's expectations weighted her down like heavy sand. The worst weight was a finance' named Leyton, who was driven to the shore by strong currents of greed. Like a tide that carried her to a better land, Jace helped her navigate away from that shore—until a staggering secret from his past collided with Leyton's determination to reclaim and possess her in hopes of controlling her family's wealth. The devastating outcome now finds Julianna forced to return to the world she had escaped, only now she's accompanied by grief as she accepts Leyton's triumph. But does she really accept it? She predicts he'll one day fall and plans to patiently ride out the waves—until one she never anticipated crashes in, forcing her to reconsider how she charts her existence with a man whose name rhymes with Satan. All Julianna wants is a safe and solid shore on which to freely build a new and peaceful life, but two more unexpected waves are ahead, one with the power to destroy and one with the power to restore. Which will overtake the other and her life?

Book 1 of The Heart Tide Series, an historical romance that takes place during the Depression. Julianna Sheffield is a rogue wave, one that doesn't want to land on the shore it seems destined for. It's 1934 and the currents pushing her include an unscrupulous father determined to keep the family solvent during the Great Depression, a mother suffocated by the bubble of high society, and a greedy fiance' named Leyton, who is proving why his name rhymes with Satan. Julianna longs to chart a different course. She wants to help the widows, farmers, and polio victims her family forced into the bread lines. She wants to exchange teacups for drinking milk from the jug. And she dreams of a man named Jace McAllister, another rogue wave who wants to love her but fights the seas bringing them together. Jace also has a heart for those who are Depression-weary, but his method of helping includes retribution. His reasons are his own, but connected to Julianna's family and his solution put him in trouble with the law. For this seemingly doomed couple, moving forward brings on storms of rage, moral dilemmas, and difficult personal growth. Their love could be the kind that is impossible to live out... or the kind from which legends are born. The outcome of their journey depends on how carefully they navigate the waters.