| Author: | Ralph Bowden | ISBN: | 9780463640913 |
| Publisher: | Ralph Bowden | Publication: | July 19, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ralph Bowden |
| ISBN: | 9780463640913 |
| Publisher: | Ralph Bowden |
| Publication: | July 19, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
Col. Tyler French, recently retired from the army and divorced from his wife in California, comes east and buys a concrete house on a Carolina barrier island in the early 1990s. He hires a summer girl to help him make it livable, and negotiates with the local backhoe operator to build a seawall to protect it against beach erosion. A history professor neighbor befriends Tyler and introduces him to the small, isolated beach community, the center of which is a lowlife bar owned by the backhoe man. As Tyler and the girl work together, he learns she has run away and is hiding from her oppressive preacher husband. A friendship blossoms into much more, but the husband tracks her and takes her away while a hurricane bears down on the island, leaving Tyler distraught and in danger.
Col. Tyler French, recently retired from the army and divorced from his wife in California, comes east and buys a concrete house on a Carolina barrier island in the early 1990s. He hires a summer girl to help him make it livable, and negotiates with the local backhoe operator to build a seawall to protect it against beach erosion. A history professor neighbor befriends Tyler and introduces him to the small, isolated beach community, the center of which is a lowlife bar owned by the backhoe man. As Tyler and the girl work together, he learns she has run away and is hiding from her oppressive preacher husband. A friendship blossoms into much more, but the husband tracks her and takes her away while a hurricane bears down on the island, leaving Tyler distraught and in danger.
