Ole Bull by Sara Chapman Thorp Bull

Ole Bull by Sara Chapman Thorp Bull

She's resigned herself to a rough and lonely life. Will a dangerous shipwreck and a rootless sailor change everything?

1956. Scituate, Massachusetts. Irish American Cathe Flanagan is used to the angry roar of nor'easters. So the young widow has no idea that thirty souls are fighting for their lives as a storm's ferocious waves push their battered freighter Etrusco closer to the rocky shore of her small town. But when her neighbor opens her home up to the rescued Italian seamen, the reclusive single mother is stunned at how easily one of the swarthy newcomers works his way into her days.

Horrified when she's assaulted by a local ne'er-do-well and her self-defense leaves him dead, Cathe turns to the handsome foreigner for comfort. But with salvage operations underway, she knows it's only a matter of months before her suitor disappears over the horizon.

Has her heart reawakened merely to break again?

Inspired by true events, this heartwarming love story offers a beautifully told glimpse into life perched on the perilous coasts of the North Atlantic. And with its poignantly vivid prose, Mary Ford's compelling picture of how the sea touches the fates of those who dare to brave its harsh and uncompromising shores will leave you aching with grief and joy.

Rebecca Road is an emotional piece of upmarket fiction. If you like fierce heroines, gut-wrenching scenes, and opposites who attract, then you'll adore Mary Ford's historically grounded novel of second chances.

Buy Rebecca Road to test life's tempests today