A Dancing Tide, the second book in the Barefoot Tides two-book series, continues the story of Lilliane Moore of Cub Creek in rural Virginia, who accepted a temporary companion job for ninety-year-old Merrick Dahl of Emerald Isle, North Carolina-and discovered it's not always so easy to go home again. That even if you do, you'll find your life has changed in unexpected ways.
How do you put the pieces back together? Should you try?
Lilliane accepted the job because she needed the cash, but the biggest payoffs were the new friendships she made and the realization that she is more tied to protecting her family history and homeplace than she'd ever understood. Now she wants freedom to travel or to make changes in her life, but she is torn between that desire and needing to do right by her deceased parents and their memory-most specifically, protecting the numerous sculptures her father crafted in his workshop before his death twenty years earlier. The workshop can't stand forever, and she, herself, is almost forty. What will become of her family home and treasures if something happens to her?
She can't be in two places at once-helping Merrick at the beach and in Cub Creek protecting the homeplace. Whatever choice she makes, she risks failing everyone-her friends, her family and herself, and her future.
Take a trip to the beach in the Barefoot Tides Series (A Barefoot Tide and A Dancing Tide). It's always good to take a risk and to dance barefoot in the tide.
Industry Reviews
"The best novels make you feel as if you've been swept away into another world. Grace Greene's newest is such a book. Beautifully written, with relatable characters, and a place so perfectly depicted I felt as if I'd made a trip to the beach, A Barefoot Tide is a balm for the soul. I loved reading this novel and it's a safe bet you will too." - Karen McQuestion, author of Half a Heart
"A Barefoot Tide by Grace Greene is a touching story of finding the beauty in life, despite the trials and tragedies life has put in the way.Author Grace Greene has a talent for writing heart warming stories of individuals overcoming adversity - and doing so with patience and grace - when many others would take a much different route. I highly recommend A Barefoot Tide (and sure do hope it won't be the end of this crossover story??) I easily give this book âââââ, but would give â¤â¤â¤â¤â¤ if it were an option." - CindyLovesBooks.com
"Sometimes All It Takes Is A Break. This was a remarkable tale of a woman who was down on her luck being given a chance... Lilliane's story was a great crossover between Greene's mountain based Cub Creek series and beach based Emerald Isle series, one full of heart and... well, grace. :D ... Very much recommended." - Jeff Sexton BookAnon.com
"I have thoroughly enjoyed all of Grace Greene's novels that I have been privileged to read, but nothing prepared me for A Barefoot Tide. The raw emotions so eloquently painted on the pages of this book bare the two main characters' souls, evoking a depth of empathy from the reader not often encountered. It isn't often a book effects me like this one did,and when one does the sensation is special indeed." - Christian Fiction and More (.blogspot.com)
