Footprints In The Tide: Sequel to A Convenient Catastrophe

By Tracy Bayle

Susan Blakely had a difficult start in life at the hands of a woman everyone adored, except for Susan. And just when she was getting a second chance her world caved in and left the only people she had in the rubble, except for one. Forced to make a decision she has to live with now, her world is small and

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tracy Bayle
• Release date: Nov 17, 2021
• ISBN: 9781735450612

Tracy Bayle

"A keen observer of the experiences of humans."Tracy Bayle is an American author of women's fiction/family drama and romantic suspense, in both her Flannery Cove and Shanning's Bay novels, which are all part of The Sea Island Series. she is known for portraying the true characteristics of humans and the situations they create. She has been entertaining her family with tall tales ever since she could put two thoughts together, and if you're stuck in traffic or a waiting room with her, you are going to be forced to listen to her imagination run wild and create a story.Tracy resides in Florida with her family, and loves interacting with readers.Follow Tracy on Facebook to be part of an engaging community of readers and be the first to find out when more books are being released. https://www.facebook.com/TracyBayleAuthorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracybayleauthor/https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19901615.Tracy_Bayle"Bayle's novels are baked with irresistible heartbreak and honesty, but it's that final sprinkling of relatable humor that makes them so addictive.".

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Footprints in the Tide

Tracy Bayle

Footprints in the Tide

The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.

Copyright © 2021 by Tracy Bayle

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Cover Design by: Yashodhan Jaltare

Formatting by: SkimStone Publishing

Published by: SkimStone Publishing Winter Springs, FL, USA 32708

The Sea Island Series

There is a special place in the world called the Atlantic Ocean. Along this ocean’s coast, on the eastern part of the United States, from South Carolina down to Florida, is a chain of tidal and barrier islands called the Sea Islands. The Sea Islands gift the inhabitants of these coastal towns with a glorious watercolor rendition of nature’s most dynamic array of colors, as well as a continual symphony. Each island has a different flavor, but they all have been given a special sprinkling of enchantment.

It is that enchantment that brings visitors from around the globe seeking beauty and tranquility. But within every village there are the locals. The locals have families, jobs, homes. And the locals have secrets.

Footprints in the Tide

It’s always this way. We’re on the fast ferry, heading back to Nassau. Rupert and Naomi corral their brood, which technically only consists of Sasha and Tyler, but a brood nonetheless, albeit a small one. I keep a close eye on Avery, who has stumbled over to a bench and drops her head in her hands. The thick engine fumes, combined with the constant lurching, the crowd, and the sun always make her queasy. As it does me.

I’d given Avery the last Dramamine I had an hour ago. Perhaps her lethargy is just drowsiness. Perhaps mine is worry. I certainly have good reason with the possibility of my secret being exposed, my past trying to find me.

Naomi smiles at me over the head of her three-year-old, Tyler, who clutches her knees. They’re all whooped.

I nod my agreement and try to focus on the present. This is my life — the sea, the sand, these people, scraping nickels, and slicing mold off the crusts of bread. It is certainly not glamorous, and for the hardship you would assume I’d never have it threatened. It’s not as if I’m profiting. There’s no unfairness in it. Is there?

A perfect day, coming to an end. We won’t do this again for at least another six months. The money, the time, too many things to keep us from it. But Sasha turning fifteen was a day of celebration, a day for Harbour Island. And Avery always looks forward to the