About the Book

In two world wars, intelligence and counterintelligence, prejudice, and self-sacrifice collide across two generations

In 1942, Evie Farrow is used to life on Ocracoke Island, where every day is the same–until the German U-boats haunting their waters begin to wreak havoc. And when special agent Sterling Bertrand is washed ashore at Evie’s inn, her life is turned upside down. While Sterling’s injuries keep him inn-bound for weeks, making him even more anxious about the SS officer he’s tracking, he becomes increasingly intrigued by Evie, who seems to be hiding secrets of her own.

Decades earlier, in 1914, Englishman Remington Culbreth arrives at the Ocracoke Inn for the summer, never expecting to fall in love with Louisa Adair, the innkeeper’s daughter. But when war breaks out in Europe, their relationship is put in jeopardy and may not survive what lies ahead for them.

As the ripples from the Great War rock Evie and Sterling’s lives in World War II, it seems yesterday’s tides may sweep them all into danger again today.

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In My Opinion

I have been a fan of Roseanna M. White’s books ever since I read The Lost Heiress several years ago. Yesterday’s Tides is a dual-time with a World War I story and a World War II story, and this was the first book by this author I haven’t loved.

It wasn’t a bad read but, for me, there were a few areas I thought White could have examined more. There is very little action in the book, especially while two of the characters hunt down a spy. This is a character-driven story, which are usually my favorite, but in this case, the characters are too similar. They all tend to run together after a while. And then White brings in several characters from previous books. I enjoyed seeing Barclay and Margot again, but I’m not sure they added much to the overall story.

In a nutshell, this book had the potential to be a favorite read but fell short and instead is a middle-of-the-road story. Not bad, not great. Just somewhere in between.

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