Tempest’s Course by Lynette Sowell #CFBA

Lynette Sowell is an award-winning novelist. Her most recent novel, Tempest’s Course, is part of the Quilts of Love line from Abingdon Press. When Lynette’s not writing, she divides her time between editing medical reports and chasing down news stories for the Copperas Cove Leader-Press. Lynette was born and raised on the Eastern Shore of Maryland but makes her home in Coppress Cove, Texas, with her husband and a herd of cats who have them well-trained.
ABOUT THE BOOK

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.

If you would like to read the first chapter of Tempest’s Course, go HERE.

My thoughts:   I loved this book.  Of course, I again enjoyed learning of a new quilt and quilt design and also learning some mystery around the quilt.  It seems to me that most quilts have a story to tell if we’ll only wait and listen to them.  I wish I knew the stories behind a lot of my quilts that I’ve purchased.  I plan to pass down the stories of the quilts that I make.  Back to the book though.  I loved getting to know Kelly and learning about the wonderful Gray House.  Tom is a great character as well and I love that they gave him a disability that we can relate to and makes him more human.  Now for the old man and young lawyer. . . . . well you’ll just have to read to learn of them.  Let’s just say it’s not dull.