A review by ruth5garcia5
Rising Tides by Nora Roberts

5.0

Ethan is as steady as the water he catches crabs in. He’s patient and quiet. He uses few words because when he speaks, it means something. As Cam and Anna are off in Italy, he cares for Seth. In the mean time, he deals with his own past. His feels get tangled and mixed with what happened to him as a boy and how he can help Seth deal with what’s happened to him. They may be similar pasts, but Ethan had it worse. He doesn’t speak of it until Seth really needs to hear it.

Grace is a single mother to two-year-old Aubrey. She works for what she has and is proud of what life she’s forged. Estranged from her father, she is too proud to ask for help. She works three jobs to pay for her home and care for her daughter. Ethan has known her since she was a girl and starts to impose his ideas on what she should be doing.

Their feelings get mixed up in Seth and in each other. I found watching these two guarded people break down their walls was a treat. They each had things to deal with but only could when they did it together.