Gifts From the Sea
Rachel Best constantly walks the sandy shore near her Truro home on Cape Cod, searching for her lost husband. When she sees a whaling skiff she hopes that her husband is onboard, but instead a giant of a man, passed out and barely alive, is found and rescued. Jared Mitchell, a whaling captain who abandoned his ship, is surprised to find himself being cared for by Rachel and her family. A man of action who has been at sea since he was six years old, he's still reeling from the death of his wife and child. Nursed back to health both physically and mentally, he's reluctant to leave because of his growing attachment to Rachel and her young daughter, Belle. Belle immediately forms an attachment to Jared, but Rachel finds it hard to give up her hope that her husband, believed drowned, will someday return. The ties of love, loss, and redemption that run through Goodger's tale render it engrossing and heartfelt.Patty EngelmannCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved