Driftwood Tides
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He made himself an island until something unexpected washed ashore.When Holton lost his wife, Adele, in a freak accident, he shut himself off from the world, living a life of seclusion, making drifwood sculptures and drowning his pain in gin. Until twenty-three-year-old Libby knocks on his door, asking for a job and claiming to be a friend of his late wife. When he discovers Libby is actually his late wife?s illegitimate daughter, given up for adoption without his knowledge, his life is turned upside down as he struggles to accept that the wife he?d given saint status to was not the woman he thought he knew.Together Holton and Libby form an unlikely bond as the two struggle to learn the identity of Libby?s father and the truth about Adele, themselves, and each other. Review "Holmes weaves a superb story of discovering how to forgive." Romantic Times"[Driftwood Tides] moves like a serene sea: gentle,persuasive, and transformative. Much in the same way time and the elements turn driftwood into something beautiful, Libby and Holton learn that they, too, can change for the better. Readers will delight in this story of redemption and growth."Booklist From the Back Cover He made himself an island until something unexpected washed ashore. When Holton lost his wife, Adele, in a horrific accident, he shut himself off from the world, living a life of seclusion, making driftwood sculptures and drowning his pain in gin. Until twenty-three-year-old Libby knocks on his door, asking for a job and claiming to be a friend of his late wife. When he discovers Libby is actually Adele?s illegitimate daughter, given up for adoption without his knowledge, his life is turned upside down as he struggles to accept that the wife he?d considered a saint was not the woman he thought he knew.Together Holton and Libby form an unlikely bond as the two struggle to learn the identity of Libby?s father and the truth about Adele, themselves, and each other.
He made himself an island until something unexpected washed ashore.When Holton lost his wife, Adele, in a freak accident, he shut himself off from the world, living a life of seclusion, making drifwood sculptures and drowning his pain in gin. Until twenty-three-year-old Libby knocks on his door, asking for a job and claiming to be a friend of his late wife. When he discovers Libby is actually his late wife?s illegitimate daughter, given up for adoption without his knowledge, his life is turned upside down as he struggles to accept that the wife he?d given saint status to was not the woman he thought he knew.Together Holton and Libby form an unlikely bond as the two struggle to learn the identity of Libby?s father and the truth about Adele, themselves, and each other. Review "Holmes weaves a superb story of discovering how to forgive." Romantic Times"[Driftwood Tides] moves like a serene sea: gentle,persuasive, and transformative. Much in the same way time and the elements turn driftwood into something beautiful, Libby and Holton learn that they, too, can change for the better. Readers will delight in this story of redemption and growth."Booklist From the Back Cover He made himself an island until something unexpected washed ashore. When Holton lost his wife, Adele, in a horrific accident, he shut himself off from the world, living a life of seclusion, making driftwood sculptures and drowning his pain in gin. Until twenty-three-year-old Libby knocks on his door, asking for a job and claiming to be a friend of his late wife. When he discovers Libby is actually Adele?s illegitimate daughter, given up for adoption without his knowledge, his life is turned upside down as he struggles to accept that the wife he?d considered a saint was not the woman he thought he knew.Together Holton and Libby form an unlikely bond as the two struggle to learn the identity of Libby?s father and the truth about Adele, themselves, and each other.