{"product_id":"bend-to-the-tempest-the-troubled-waters-collection-of-historical-mystery-and-family-sagas","title":"BEND TO THE TEMPEST (The \"Troubled Waters\" Collection of Historical Mystery and Family Sagas.)","description":"From Amazon #1 bestselling author Michael Lindley; an emotional story of love, betrayal and bitter compromise set in 1920's Atlanta and a remote village on the northern Gulf Coast of Florida.\n\nWhen a woman from his past makes a surprising return during his 85th birthday celebration in the remote village of Grayton Beach, Florida, Mathew Coulter reflects back on his early years, the heartbreak of lost loves, bitter memories of family betrayal and a young and gifted blind girl who would change the course of his life forever.\nAmazon Five Star reviews for BEND TO THE TEMPEST\n-\"wonderful character development\"\n- \"one of my favorite authors\"\n- \"hated to reach THE END\"\n- \"WOW - totally impressed.\"\n- \"Great characters and I love the author's style.\"\n\nIn 1918, Mathew lies recovering in a Paris hospital from a devastating wound in a battle in the French countryside. His nurse, Celeste, will not only tend his wounds but also capture his heart, but her ties to her local French village and a soldier still lost in the conflict of the Great War will be the first in his life’s most difficult choices.\n\nReturning to his home in America during the tumultuous years of Prohibition, Mathew ultimately finds new love, but a bitter betrayal and his ruthless family’s ties to the liquor trade in 1920’s Atlanta force him to leave and seek refuge in a friend’s remote cottage in a small Florida beach town. He meets a young blind girl, Melanee Dalton, who will lead him on a journey that may be the final salvation for her wayward mother and Mathew’s own haunted soul.\n\nThe story of BEND TO THE TEMPEST plays out across the war-torn cities and villages of France during World War I, the homes of the wealthy and corrupt in Prohibition-era Atlanta, and the peaceful, yet dangerous shores of a breathtaking village on the Gulf Coast of Florida.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1096844419\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1096844419.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Lindley, Michael\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44540864331837,"sku":"BVV.1096844419.A","price":10.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1096844419-0.jpg?v=1794607155","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/bend-to-the-tempest-the-troubled-waters-collection-of-historical-mystery-and-family-sagas","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}