Title: TEMPEST’S COURSE
Author: Lynette Sowell
Publisher: Abingdon Press
December 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4267-5276-6
Genre: Contemporary romance
Kelly Frost, a textiles conservator, is invited to the Massachusetts coastal city of New Bedford to restore a 150-year-old
Mariner's Compass quilt. But there is one stipulation: she must live and work
in Gray House, a former whaling captain's home, where the quilt is stored.
There she meets Army veteran Tom Pereira, the caretaker of
Gray House, whose heart seems as hard as the rocky Massachusetts coastline. Over the long-lit
months as Kelly works to restore the quilt, she and Tom grow closer. And as she
reads stories in a daily journal penned by Mary Gray, she learns the secrets of
the quilt and Mary's own sad tale of regret. Then Tom learns secrets of his own
family's past, and both Tom and Kelly learn they are tied to Gray House in ways
they never imagined.
TEMPEST’S COURSE is the 13th
book in Abingdon’s Quilt’s of Love series,
but like all the books in this collection, it stands alone. Kelly is a
struggling textile’s conservator who has lost her job and her reputation due to
an unfortunate affair with a married man. As she moves into Gray House to
restore the quilt, she learns the secrets of the house—and that she and the
captain’s wife have more in common than she ever imagined.
Tom’s family is Portuguese and Italian.
I figured the Italian part as soon as Ms. Sowell introduced his family. The rest
came into play later into the story. The journal entries from the captain’s
wife were heartbreaking, but it held the key to history that otherwise never
would’ve been known.
I was interested to see how this
story would play out, how the journal entries tied into the present, and what
happens to the quilt. The story telling was stellar, well thought out, but a
bit flat. I didn’t connect with the main characters the way I would’ve liked. Discussion
questions are included. $12.99. 240 pages. 4 stars.
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