Author: lindseypbrackett

After years away, Louisa Coultrie Halloway has returned to Edisto Island as caretaker for the family home. Now she flounders to find her place. When Liam Whiting, a local professor studying tidal creek preservation, invites Lou to join his research team, she welcomes the opportunity for purpose.David, her ex-husband, has followed Lou and their children to Edisto. As he finds his footing in this … footing in this new life, their once strained relationship eases into a familiar rhythm—and he hopes for more.But the past still has a hold on them all, especially in the presence of Grace Watson, whose…

2018 Selah Book of the Year/Fiction2018 Selah First Novel2018 BRMCWC Director’s Choice Award2018 INSPYS Short ListCora Anne Halloway has a history degree and a plan: avoid her own past—despite being wait-listed for graduate school. Then her beloved grandmother requests—and her dispassionate mother insists—that she spend the summer at Still Waters, the family cottage on Edisto Beach, South … family cottage on Edisto Beach, South Carolina.Despite its picturesque setting, Still Waters haunts Cora Anne with loss. At Still Waters her grandfather died, her parents’ marriage disintegrated, and as a child, she caused a tragic drowning. But lingering among the oak canopies…