The Whiskey Sea, Ann Howard Creel
The Whiskey Sea, Ann Howard Creel
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The Whiskey Sea

Author: Ann Howard Creel

Narrator: Angela Dawe

Unabridged: 7 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 08/23/2016


Synopsis

Running rum during Prohibition, she’ll risk her life—and her heart.Motherless and destitute, Frieda Hope is determined to make a better life for herself and her sister, Bea. The girls are taken in by a kindly fisherman named Silver, and Frieda begins to feel at home on the water. When Silver sells his fishing boat to WWI veteran Sam Hicks, thinking Sam would be a fine husband for Frieda, she’s outraged. But Frieda manages to talk Sam into teaching her to repair boat engines instead, so she has a trade of her own and won’t have to marry.Frieda quickly discovers that a mechanic’s wages won’t support Bea and Silver, and is lured into a money-making team of rumrunners supplying alcohol to New York City speakeasies. Speeding into dangerous waters to transport illegal liquor, Frieda gets swept up in the lucrative, risky work—and swept off her feet by a handsome Ivy Leaguer who’s in it just for fun.As danger mounts and her own feelings threaten to drown her, can Frieda find her way back to solid ground—and to a love that will sustain her?

About Ann Howard Creel

Ann Howard Creel was born in Austin, Texas, and worked as a registered nurse before becoming a full-time writer. She is the author of numerous children’s and young adult books as well as fiction for adults. Her children’s books have won several awards, and her novel The Magic of Ordinary Days was made into a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie for CBS. Creel currently lives and writes in Chicago.


Reviews

This was one of those books I did not expect to enjoy nearly as much as I actually *did*--always a very cool thing! This novel drew me in from the beginning, and hooked me like a fish (albeit a happily willing one) caught in a net until the end. The audio version was narrated and produced in great f......more

Goodreads review by Tina

I gave this book 3 stars because of the writing style and poetic descriptions- the love of the sea and boats (I am in the boating business) and because the authors knowledge of boating and marine engines and the "local" terminology and vocab. BUT here is the downside: at first the lead character was......more

Goodreads review by Maria

Started reading this book to fulfill a challenge. (A book set at sea). Wasn't expecting to love it so much. It caught my attention right away by mentioning that the mother was a whore. My curiosity was peeked and I couldn't let it go until I was done reading it. I love books that make me feel and th......more