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    Audiobook10 hours

    Turning the Tide

    Written by Christine Stovell

    Narrated by Julia Barrie

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    About this audiobook

    Harry Watling has spent the past five years keeping her father's boat yard afloat. Now all she wants to do is enjoy the peace and quiet of her sleepy backwater. So when businessman Matthew Corrigan announces he wants to redevelop the boat yard, it's like declaring war. Harry has to fight not just his plans but also her feelings for the man himself. Then a family secret from the past changes everything...
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateDec 1, 2010
    ISBN9781407466019
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    • 3/5
      As a first novel by Christine Stovell this book is a great start. I read this as an eBook and on the Nook it has 700 pages. This is the story of Harry Watling and the small slowing dying town of Little Spitmarsh. I liked the character of Harry but at times I found myself wishing Harry would hurry up and get with the program. The residents of Little Spitmarsh are a great group that would be interesting to hear more about. I would definitely read another book by this author. Christine's second book is called Move Over Darling.
    • 3/5
      This book centres around Harry (Harriet) Watling, who is desperately trying to keep her late father's boatyard in Little Spitmarsh going. Along comes Matthew Corrigan, a developer who Harry immediately takes a dislike to. He intends to start a new restaurant and bring life to the area, but Harry is not happy with his plans.This book is a little like an upmarket and more intelligent Mills & Boon, which I think is what the Choc Lit publishing house is aiming for. However, I did find it a bit cliche-ridden and Harry's almost irrational dislike for Matthew started to grate on me when it was still going on towards the end of the book.It's a nice enough read, but didn't really do a great deal for me, hence the 3 star "it's ok" rating. I was probably expecting a bit more romance, and bit less hatred between the main characters, and it just seemed to lack some vital ingredient to turn it into a really good story.
    • 3/5
      This one was another lovely story, and it had this kind of calm pace that fitted it. Things happened and all that (arson for instance), but there was a nice lingering feeling over it all. It was like you were there in this run-down town where people struggled to go on and there was no hope for the town. But then something started to build, and build.The story is about Harriet, aka Harry who took over her father's boatyard when he died. It's not easy, and the bills are piling up. In waltzes Matthew Corrigan with big plans. He has bought a place nearby and is turning it into a fancy restaurant and now he wants her land to build luxury houses. She is not happy since this is all she has left and Matthew seems to be turning the whole town around to his way of thinking. But she is standing her ground, even when all falls apart around her.Harry was one tough woman, she works day and night trying to keep the place alive, her only help is George, an old buddy of her dads. This place is everything to her, and later she does seem that Matthew is bringing life to town, but her land, she wants to keep it, and have it to be a seafront for everyone, not just a chosen few. She is stubborn, and underneath it all she is really vulnerable, but I come to understand her.Matthew is all money and ideas. At times he charms me, at times I growl at him. But he really thinks this is best for all. He has a good heart in the end. And he is also fighting this odd attraction for the angry girl at the shipyard. They have such a hate love thing going on. Hating each other, but at the same time the attraction is there.There is also the family secret in the book, and without saying anything more. It made sense, and there was finally peace.There is a varied cast of characters in this book. The young woman who wants something more from life, the guy couple who owns the florists, and of course George, who wants the best for Harry.It was a warm community and it was lovely to see it start to blossom again. As for romance, oh that was not an easy part, and Stovell really made them work for it, I mean really. But that was great cos like they were, all cat and dog, it had to be hard for them to see each other in a more romantic light.The place is a character in itself, and in the end I am happy to see it survive, and wish it the best.Final thoughts: A lovely book about a seaside town, a woman fighting to keep what is hers, and a man slowly loosing his heart.