Tides of Love

by Tracy Sumner

Book Overview

This new author has a distinctive narrative and a flair for evoking the coastal terrain and social scene of North Carolina's Outer Banks. Here, she introduces Elle Beaumont. The man who once broke her heart is back, rekindling dreams she had given up for lost.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821766961
• ISBN13: 9780821766965
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Zebra Books
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Sensual Magic!

Tides of Love is a must-read for any romance reader who loves strong heroines and unforgettable heros. Noah and Elle are all that and more. Plus, I liked the setting very much. I have never been to the Outer Banks of North Carolina (and certainly not in 1898!!!) but really wish to go now. I also like the hotter edge in this book. Some of the best love scenes I've read in a long time. (I am a loyal Susan Johnson and Thea Devine reader.) It is also sweet and very romantic. Ms. Sumner delves deeper into the character's than is the norm too.

A Fantastic Book for Every Romantic!

I had the pleasure of reading an early copy of Tracy Sumner's terrific second novel, TIDES OF LOVE, and I absolutely loved it! Even now, months after I turned the last page, I can still see Elle and Noah and recall their special love story as if it was yesterday. To me, that's the true sign of a keeper novel!Tracy Sumner has an enviable talent for creating complex characters, vivid settings, and touching (not to mention sensual) plots. Reading a Tracy Sumner novel makes you feel as if you're right there living it. Finishing a Tracy Sumner novel makes you want to jump back in and start reading all over again. She can't write fast enough for me!

Another winner by Tracy Sumner!

I throughly enjoyed Carolina Rose, so I was excited about reading Tracy's next book. Again set in the south, Tides of Love is a wonderful novel. Noah Garrett and Elle Beaumont seem made for each other, even if they don't know it. Especially Noah. And the setting is described in perfect detail. I could feel the ocean breezes and smell the salt air.Also, it's quite a hot novel. Sizzling love scenes and dramatic emotions. I loved it!

When two opposites attract, love sizzles!

Marielle-Claire (Elle) Beaumont lived in France until she was four years old, and when her loving mother died,she came to America to live with her father. Ignored and lonely, a young Noah Garrett became her champion and it was his mother, Eliza, who gave this little girl love and comfort. The little red-haired imp flew from one disaster to another, and followed her hero around like a little lost puppy. When Eliza died, a secret from her past was revealed in a journal that was so shocking it made Noah ran away, not to be heard from or seen again for ten years. Noah spent many of those years near starvation as he struggled through college, and he's now a renowned biologist. He's been sent to his childhood home to head up a research lab. Not ready emotionally to face his brothers, and attempting to arrive in secret, it is his luck to literally run into his old nemesis, Elle Beaumont. Elle is a petite beauty, but also very disorganized and impulsive; while the tall, handsome, scholarly Noah is ruled by logic, and is a neatnic. Yet, author, Tracy Sumner, brings these two characters together and no matter how hard he fights it, she delivers a yummy love story. As in CAROLINA ROSE, this author's unique voice and descriptive words take you into the story. Sometimes you will laugh at Elle's antics and other times will grab a kleenex . You might breathe a few sighs during sensual love scenes, and cheer when Mr. Logic loses control. TIDES OF LOVE is a beautifully written love story, touched with humor and emotion and destined to find a spot on your keeper shelves.

Wonderful, touching romance

Since the age of ten Elle Beaumont has loved Noah Garrett. But after one terrible day after an awful discovery Noah leaves Pilot Island, North Carolina not to return for ten long years. Now Noah Garrett is back, but he's not the same man who left. Determined to reject Elle and devote his life to marine biology Noah shuts Elle out, refusing to believe in true love.Now grown up, Elle tries to pretend she doesn't still love Noah, but a love so strong is hard to deny. Especially when her love is slowly returned.This was my first book I read by Tracy Sumner and I truly enjoyed Elle and Noah's wonderful love story. Highly recommended.