The Sea Keeper's Daughters
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4.5 • 179 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
From the #1 New York Times author of Before We Were Yours.
From modern-day Roanoke Island to the sweeping backdrop of North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains and Roosevelt’s WPA folklore writers, past and present intertwine to create an unexpected destiny.
Restaurant owner Whitney Monroe is desperate to save her business from a hostile takeover. The inheritance of a decaying Gilded Age hotel on North Carolina’s Outer Banks may provide just the ray of hope she needs. But things at the Excelsior are more complicated than they seem. Whitney’s estranged stepfather is entrenched on the third floor, and the downstairs tenants are determined to save the historic building. Searching through years of stored family heirlooms may be Whitney’s only hope of quick cash, but will the discovery of an old necklace and a Depression-era love story change everything?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Wingate (The Story Keeper, The Prayer Box) will deepen her large fan base with this novel that blends modern Roanoke Island and Roosevelt's Federal Writers' Project. Whitney Monroe's Michigan new restaurant, Bella Tazza, is under fire from a scoundrel who will do anything to keep it from opening a second location. But when she learns her stepfather is ill, she heads to the Outer Banks' Roanoke Island and the Excelsior, the hotel her mother left her. The Excelsior may contain heirlooms Whitney can sell to finance her restaurants, though she'd like to sell the building if she can get her stepfather out of the third floor. Whitney finds more than she bargains for when she discovers letters from her grandmother Ziltha's sister, a writer for the 1930s Writers' Project, not to mention the dashing Mark Strahan. Whitney must find a way to balance the stresses in her life, but the biggest problem is her inability to trust. Wingate has woven myriad strands in this tale, which links to her previous books and brings readers a wonderful tale of history, mystery, romance, forgiveness, and restoration.
Customer Reviews
Enchanted Tale
This culmination of the Sea Keeper stories is a beautifully crafted testament to the power and mystery of love, faith and hope. Even Wingate’s writing seems to improve with the passing of time as this complex tale weaves through history, geography and generations. I almost feel like starting again at the beginning of the first book just for the fun of piecing it all together.
Secrets and the Excelsior hotel
This is a remarkable story of life and family. It is a tale of new beginnings as well as a story of past experiences and how they can affect the lives of so many. Whitney’s journey thru the past helps to guide her to a life she dreams about and given time and events she knows she can have. Enjoyable read.
beautiful story
This is a beautiful story! I highly recommend it. I love how it weaves the past and present through the lives of women. It is primarily set in present day Outer Banks. Whitney is called home because her step-father is in ill health. As she goes through her grandmother's home (former hotel and residence with shops on the ground floor) and late mother's belongings, she discovers letters with secrets to her past and that of her family. There are historical artifacts in the home, and she must to decide what to do with the building itself as she also has a life in another state. She's also in desperate need of money. Everyone has an opinion, but only she can decide what is the right thing to do with the information hidden in the letters, her family history, the home, how to make money, and even her step-father. How everything is tied up in the end is a pleasant gift to read.
There are references to earlier books by the author, but it's not necessary to have read them to understand this book. (I had read those books.)