CFBA: Driftwood Tides

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Driftwood Tides Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. (September 1, 2014) by Gina Holmes

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Gina Holmes is the founder of Novel Rocket, regularly named as one of Writers Digest’s best websites for writers. Her debut, Crossing Oceans, was a Christy and Gold Medallion finalist and winner of the Carol Award, INSPY, and RWA’s Inspirational Reader’s Choice, as well as being a CBA, ECPA, Amazon and PW bestseller. Her sophomore novel, Dry as Rain was a Christy Award finalist. Her latest novel, Wings of Glass has been named as one of the best books of the year by Library Journal and was a SIBA Okra pick and a finalist for Romantic Times’ Reviewers Choice Award. She holds degrees in science and nursing and currently resides with her family in southern Virginia. She works too hard, laughs too loud, and longs to see others heal from their past and discover their God-given purpose.

ABOUT THE BOOK

He made himself an island until something unexpected washed ashore. When Holton lost his wife, Adele, in a freak accident, he shut himself off from the world, living a life of seclusion, making drifwood sculptures and drowning his pain in gin. Until twenty-three-year-old Libby knocks on his door, asking for a job and claiming to be a friend of his late wife. When he discovers Libby is actually his late wife’s illegitimate daughter, given up for adoption without his knowledge, his life is turned upside down as he struggles to accept that the wife he’d given saint status to was not the woman he thought he knew.

Together Holton and Libby form an unlikely bond as the two struggle to learn the identity of Libby’s father and the truth about Adele, themselves, and each other.

If you would like to read the first chapter of Driftwood Tides, go HERE.

MY THOUGHTS
Wow...this book was fabulous.  A page turner that kept me engrossed for hours.  Who needs to eat, clean or do anything else when they have a book this great in their hands!?

The characters were so down to earth and believable that you could be reading about your neighbor, your friend or a relative.  Of course, some characters are warm and fuzzy, while others take a bit of time to warm up to, but that's ok, it's not fun when everyone is charming and likable.

The way that author, Gina Holmes, writes about this tough subject is amazing, you will most definitely want a box of tissue nearby, no worries, you'll find yourself smiling too, but this book will stir up your emotions.

Can't wait to see what Gina has up her sleeve for her next book, it can't come fast enough!

*I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for review from CFBA