Between the Sound and Sea
Amanda Cox is a gifted storyteller. I like how her books are rooted in faith but feature characters who have real struggles and emotions. Between the Sound and Sea is Amanda Cox’s new novel. Set around a North Carolina lighthouse, it’s a contemporary fiction book with history and mystery mixed in.
We’ve all experienced loss and heartbreak, searched for what our next right step is, and been surprised by love along the way. That’s why this book worked well. The story is enjoyable. I loved the lighthouse setting. And I found myself rooting for Joey to settle into who she’s meant to be.
About the book
When an opportunity opens to become a temporary keeper of a decommissioned lighthouse on a North Carolina island, Josephina Harris jumps at the chance to escape her small town to oversee its restoration.
As the work begins, Joey discovers strange notes tucked deep in the crevices of the old stone walls – pages torn from a lighthouse keeper’s log signed by someone named Mae who recounts harrowing rescues at sea. Fascinated by a woman lighthouse keeper, Joey digs into the past only to discover there’s never been a record of a lighthouse keeper by that name.
When things start to go amiss on the island, locals are convinced that it is the ghost of the lighthouse keeper and his daughter who were lost at sea during World War II. As Joey sifts through decades of rumors and legends and puts together the pieces of the past, what emerges is a love story – one that’s not over yet.
Between the Sound and Sea is a 335-page paperback published by Revell (Aug. 6, 2024).
About the author
Amanda Cox is the Christy Award-winning author of The Edge of Belonging, The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery, and He Should Have Told the Bees. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Bible and theology and a master’s degree in professional counseling, but her first love is communicating through story. Her studies and her interactions with hurting families over a decade have allowed her to create multidimensional characters that connect emotionally with readers. She lives in Chattanooga, Tenn., with her husband and their three children. Learn more at AmandaCoxWrites.com.
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I’ve reviewed her other books, so check those out if you’re looking for good stories to add to your reading list: The Edge of Belonging, The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery, and He Should Have Told the Bees.
I received a free electronic copy of this book as part of the Revell Reads program in exchange for a review. These are my own opinions.