It's 1941, mere months before the bombing of Pearl Harbor and America's official entry into the second World War. Jim is in the Navy, and with two ambitious brothers, he's floated along most of his life, just going with the flow. He meets up with Mary, a girl he knew in high school and they strike up a friendship. Initially, he's not interested in a relationship, he's shipping out soon, but he comes to care about her. Instead of declaring his feelings, he tries to be "suave," which only serves to confuse the situation.
Mary just wants to fade into the background. With her history, she believes pride to be avoided above all else, even if that means avoiding things she believes she was meant to do. Jim challenges her beliefs on that score, and she finds the courage to conquer some of her long-held fears and use the talents God gave her.
There's whispers of sabotage at the boat yard Mary works at, and when a bomb is found on Jim's vessel, they end up working together to try and figure out who had a motive and why. Complications arise both with their relationship and also with the dangers at sea. As you read this and time gets closer to that fateful day in December, you wonder if they'll have time to declare their love.
This was a great start to the series. As with her other books, Sundin has decided to focus on a particular family, in this case the Avery's, Jim's family. The next book in the series, Anchor in the Storm, is said to be due out sometime in 2016, with the final book, The Face of the Deep, out the following year. From what I've seen, the second book is about Arch(er) and Jim's sister, Lillian. We get to meet Arch in this book, and I was happy that he was the subject of the next one. It sounds like the third book will be about Jim's brother, Dan, and Mary's friend, Quintessa. I'll definitely be on the lookout for both. This particular book is a complete story you can read alone. I suspect we'll see this characters later on, but you're not investing in a single story by reading this one. Great Book!
*I received a copy of this book from Revell through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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