Mourning Tide

Mourning Tideis the first Seychelle Sullivan novel in over a decade. In this sequel toWreckers' Key, Seychelle hasnt taken to motherhood as well as she hoped. Five years earlier, when Catalina Frias died in childbirth under B.J.s care, Seychelle decided to adopt her friends orphaned child. She promised the baby boy she would stop leading a reckless life, stop getting involved with crime, and restrict her business to towing.

But now, as Nestor is about to start school, she is questioning her decision to try to raise the boy. Whatever made her think she had any parenting skills? Her adopted son calls her Seashell instead of mommy. Shes refusing to marry BJ because shes convinced he will leave her eventually. And shes terrified of joining the PTA.

Then, on a hot morning in June, she raises a wrecked fishing boat from the waters of a Florida swamp, only to make a horrifying...