Stunning!

Squeealll!!!!!! Pirates and shipwrecks and mystery, oh my! Along with the best ever occupation for a heroine -- pirate tour guide! (Insert crazy wide Cheshire grin here.) And there's a dual timeline! Double Squeeeaalll!!!! I'm still in a tizzy from the just-finished-all-this-literary-awesomeness after-glow. Happy sigh.

Contemporary heroine Anne is so intriguing! Wounded and wary and so on guard -- she about broke my heart! And I love the way Johnson draws out her backstory. My heart hurt a bit more with each new revelation. She's a woman who desperately needs to understand the healing power of grace. She was a believer once, and understood the concept but now she has the opportunity to actually live it...if she can summon up the courage to trust again. Such a powerfully moving inspirational thread.

And Carter is everything you can hope for in a somewhat nerdy, history-lovin', pirate obsessed hero. :-) He has his own past hurts to overcome and an 18th century diary that has driven him to defy family and future in order to solve an impossible mystery. Their worlds collide and suddenly they find themselves in a cautious partnership that could benefit them both.

The historical timeline is told in first person POV in the form of journal entries. Adventure and danger and a doomed romance! Breathtaking stuff! And the way Johnsons blends both stories -- meshing them into a triumphant and heart-pounding conclusion is sheer poetry. Absolutely riveting.

I listened to the audible version of this book and savored every second of Melissa Bentley's narration.

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