Irish photojournalist Grace Brennan travels the world’s war zones documenting the helpless and forgotten. After the death of her friend and colleague, Grace is shaken.She returns to London hoping to rekindle the spark with the only man she ever loved—Scottish businessman Ian MacDonald. But he gave up his championship rowing career and dreams of Olympic gold years ago for Grace . . . only for her … only for her to choose photography over him. Will life’s tides bring them back together . . . or tear them apart for good this time?
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This fiction story covers the tough topic of PTSD, the effects on the person and on relationships. The topic and character is handled with grace and love. A strong follow up to book 1 in this series.
Oh my goodness Carla Laureano I love you….
I loved London Tides so much…., I just finished it.
You “finished” (in a good way) me at “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father” Whatttttt!.
I love how you drew on the love of the Father been so near even when we dont think it or acknowledge it.
My heart is still racing..
Have you ever gotten a book and then realized you hadn’t read the other book before it? Well, this is the book I forgot to read and now I’m wondering WHY? I have enjoyed many books written by this author and yet I missed this one. I’m now glad I found it and have read it.
This book dealt with so much. The two main characters in this story battle their feelings and relationship with each other, as well as their own pasts. They struggle with self-doubt, grief, loss, self-worth, and the strong tension they feel between each other.
The author does a beautiful job of showing God’s forgiving grace and healing that can come if we reach out and take the step towards Him.
While reading this story, I was caught up in the powerful message of redemption and forgiveness, and of finding one’s path in life.
I have to say this is not the traditional contemporary Christian series, but boy howdy does it feel like real life! I’ve spent the last several months riding the edge of depression, fighting new anxieties at every turn. I found it a little odd to have so much in common with a woman suffering from PTSD, but I felt a kinship with Grace. I won an advanced copy of the third book in this series, and I decided to take Kindle Unlimited up on their offer to read the first two first. And I love this series! Its sad and stark and sweet and genuine. So many books read like a Hallmark movie. This reads like nonfiction. If nonfiction had omniscient narrators, but that’s beside the point. Because of some of the sensitive subject matter, this isn’t a book I would hand a young reader. But its the perfect book to hand someone asking hard questions. Is it too late to start over? How do you forgive someone who broke your heart? How do you grieve when the pain gets stuck inside you? What do you do if your calling is going to kill you? Is it too late to live out your calling a different way? Does God still care about you even after a lifetime of mistakes and regrets? Grace and Ian have a lot of hard questions to answer, and from the first chapter I was hoping they would answer them together. Enjoy their journey! Happy Reading!
When I read the first book in this trilogy, I loved it. I couldn’t wait to read more about the MacDonald siblings. This story is about Ian, who seemed very uptight in the first book. I was intrigued learning about his past with Grace and about his rowing and Olympic dreams. Grace is a photojournalist covering wars and conflicts. She has been through some harrowing situations and deaths of those close to her and as a result has post traumatic stress disorder. She is returning to London to reevaluate her career and her life and would like to reconnect with Ian if to do nothing else but apologize for what happened in the past. This book had a lot of ups and downs for the characters. It was great that it also included a glimpse of Jamie and Serena. I am looking forward to reading Serena’s story soon.
I loved the first book of this series (Five Days in Skye) but wow, this second book was incredible. From the first page, I was captivated by Grace and her brokenness and how desperately she wanted to be whole. And yet, struggled over and over to do it herself. No, it’s not your typical lighthearted Christian romance but the depth was so real and Grace’s journey to accepting love and grace, so real. Gritty, real – and absolutely beautiful. Incredible story.
Not my favorite of the series. It was just so tragic to me that they loved each other for over a decade and just couldn’t make it work over and over. I wish that there could have been more done to heal Jamie and Ian’s relationship also. They were good people trying their best though, so I appreciated that!