Margot Keene: Tides of the Heart

 Maverick Key Series:  Book 2

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/240927452-tides-of-the-heart

Book Blurb

Some dreams are never forgotten.

Dark secrets swirl beneath the waters of Maverick Key in the second suspenseful romance from Margot Keene.

Ever since her beloved Nathan disappeared and was presumed dead after a catastrophic dive, Crystal has done whatever it takes to heal and care for her young daughter, Natalie. Nathan had always harbored secrets he claimed were meant to protect her, but with his disappearance declared a closed case by local authorities, she may never know the whole truth about his work.

As the island's elite diving team scrambles to address a growing environmental crisis, a newcomer suffering from amnesia arrives in Maverick Key, bringing Crystal face-to-face with what she believed existed only in her dreams.

Author’s Note: A young widowed marine biologist struggles to rebuild her life after escaping an abusive relationship. Blending diving adventure, small-town romance, romantic suspense, and a touch of the speculative, this second book in the Maverick Key series returns readers to its unforgettable setting and into the lives of both new and familiar characters.

*High Gravity ALC  *Mystery *Romantic suspsense *scuba diving 

 *Underwater adventures  *second in series --> need to be read/listened to in order

 *some spice *danger  *Slow burn *small town *Amnesia MMC *State Challenge: Florida

Thoughts: 

After the ending of the first book I was really interested to see how this book would play out to start with we have Elliott a man who has been living life in Miami under a new identity r/t a series of events that are unknown even to him he has amnesia and was given the opportunity to basically start over in this new life... but there have always been questions about who he really is and his past.  After seeing a news story about events taking place in Maverick Key he feels drawn to this area and a close friend encourages him to follow his heart if he feels this might be what helps to unlock his minds secrets he has to try.

Crystal has been through a lot over the last several years she thought she would raise a family with the love of her life Nathan and they would grow old together... but after he disappeared during a dive gone wrong she ended up married to his best friend... who turned out to be hiding many secrets of his own (which led to his demise).  Now by herself once again she's trying to piece her life back together and learn how to raise her daughter as a single mom. 

Elliott's journey upon arriving to Maverick Key turns into a re-discovery of his past self... and even though he can't remember anything solid about his former life... he wants to.  While this part of the story was predictable I still enjoyed him learning to adapt to his old life as his true self even with missing memories he still was dreaming of Crystal and knew she was important to him he just needs to get to know her again.  

This was an emotional journey for both of our lead characters as Crystal helps our MMC try to remember the life they shared together.  The Story continues to weave in mystery elements with strange happenings under the water due to elevated temperatures, feelings of being watched or actually being watched by strange mystery men and while some questions do get answered there are still several left to be revealed... hopefully that will be coming in the next book.  This book had me wanting to know what would happen next. 

I did feel that that our MMC pushed himself back into his family role really quickly especially considering he still had amnesia and all of these people while they knew the old him they were essentially strangers to him... would have been interesting if the story told how his friends from Miami reacted to the news that he found his family.  Over all I really enjoyed this story and I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.  

Listening to the Audio version of this book really brought this story to life for me, I loved the Multicast dual narration they did a great job with this and if you enjoy romantic suspense novels add this one to your list!   Thank you to the author and High Gravity productions for this early listen copy.