The House Of The Shining Tide cover

The House Of The Shining Tide

by Essie Summers

You and your sister are two of a kind! " Judith had always had trouble with her stepsister, so when Lorette got engaged to a young farmer Judith felt a great relief. But it soon appeared that Lorette's fiance's family wanted to prevent the marriage, and Judith responded to her stepsister's selfish demands for help one last time, to try to keep the engagement together. She had formidable opposition from the autocratic Craig Argyll, who didn't like Judith at all. "Another woman with an eye to the main chance! " he said.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?