title: The Wishing Tide
author:  Barbara Davis 
description: <b>Praise for <i>The Wishing Tide</i></b><br /><br />"Everything I love in a novel: a coastal setting so rich you can practically taste the salt in the air and feel the sand under foot, an old inn, and a deeply-felt and explored love story with a smart, relatable heroine and a handsome hero with a mysterious past. Atmospheric, suspenseful and very romantic, <i>The Wishing Tide</i> is elegant and haunting proof that secrets buried in the heart will always rise to the surface."Erika Marks, author of<i>It Comes in Waves</i><br /><br />A captivating read about fighting for the life you want and daring to believe that happily-ever-after can exist outside of fairytales. Set on a desolate, storm-tossed North Carolina barrier island lush with family secrets, madness, and ghost stories, this lyrical novel will haunt you from the first page to the last.Barbara Claypole White award-winning author of <i>The In-Between Hour</i><br /><br />"Beautiful and haunting.Filled with wonderful descriptions of North Carolina's Outer Banks,<i>The Wishing Tide</i>is a book about love and loss and finding your way forward. I could not read it fast enough!Anita Hughes, author of <i>Lake Como</i>
zlib_text: Praise for The Wishing Tide
  “Everything I love in a novel: a coastal setting so rich you can practically
  taste the salt in the air and feel the sand underfoot, an old inn, and a deeply
  felt and explored love story with a smart, relatable heroine and a handsome
  hero with a mysterious past. Atmospheric, suspenseful, and very romantic.”
  —Erika Marks, author of It Comes in Waves
  “Beautiful and haunting. The mystery sucked me in from the first page and
  I was swept up in Lane and Michael’s story. . . . I could not read it fast
  enough!”
  —Anita Hughes, author of Lake Como
  “Set on a desolate, storm-tossed North Carolina barrier island lush with
  family secrets, madness, and ghost stories, this lyrical novel will haunt you
  from the first page to the last.”
  —Barbara Claypole White, award-winning author of The In-Between Hour
  Praise for The Secrets She Carried
  “Barbara Davis wowed me with her flawless blending of past and present in
  The Secrets She Carried. Her compassion for her characters made me