In Deep Waters (The Tale Of The Sea) (Silhouette Romance, 1608)
Long ago and far away......there was a world filled with light and laughter and love. But quakes buried the land deep below the sea. Slowly the people adapted to their new world. But a civil war broke out, forcing the king of Pacifica to send his four children far away, each with a guardian and a piece of the royal seal.Twenty-five years later, it was time for the siblings to be reunited—and reclaim what was lost. Natural beauty Kayla Waterton had always avoided the sea—she'd sensed its secrets...and its danger. But a chance-of-a-lifetime search expedition for a sunken ship could lead to answers about her mysterious past...and passion in the arms of modern-day pirate Captain Ben Mendoza....
Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Romance, Fiction, Fantasy. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.
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What the reading experience may hold
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Romance · Fiction · Fantasy
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Dark tone · Steady pace
Works well for a focused weekend or a few concentrated sittings.
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- ISBN-13
- 978-0-3731-9608-1
- Language
- English
- Edition record
- OL9678091M
A more thoughtful way into this book
This guide uses the edition details and category signals above to help you choose deliberately. It does not replace the author's work or a full review.
Works well for a focused weekend or a few concentrated sittings.
Begin with its place in Romance, then notice where the book resists that label.
Read for connection, not completion.
Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.
Three questions to carry with you
- What must each character learn before the relationship can become believable?
- How do work, family, friendship, or identity shape the central relationship?
- Does the emotional resolution feel earned by the choices that came before it?
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