Sea Change by Karen White

Having read The Beach Trees and On Folly Beach, I was looking forward to reading this latest entry by Ms. White. Let me begin by saying that I am not a fan of chapters running from the present to the past. While the past in this book has a bearing on the present, I still found it all a bit disconcerting. Ava is a 34-year old women who has spontaneously decided to marry the man of her dreams, much to her mother's chagrin. In addition, she moves a seven-hour drive away to the family homestead of her husband. Although Ava and her husband appear to be happy newlyweds on the surface, many secrets abound on both sides of the marriage and all is slowly revealed to the reader as the story progresses. Just when we think, everything has been revealed, Ms. White throws us an interesting curve which fits in with the story line well. Not too intense, Sea Change is a good summer read. Ladybookbug!