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The Rhythm Tide by Frankie J.Jones

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Everytime I choose a book to read, I have got two criteria to consider: the title and the description or the author’s note, if available. The title is appealing, one can look at it from different angles, but it suggests the passion of the sea, life’s up’s and down’s, that each of us tries to balance or rather, find a balance. The description was also nice, it’s always nice to read about a straight woman fall for another woman who knows exactly what her sexuality is: a lesbian in acts and facts. And, a romance is always a romance. Yet, this is not the typical lesbian romance: it has drama, strange decisions and awkward relationships, the reader can guess the development of the plot, but it is never certain of it. The book starts with a rather confused woman with suicidal thoughts standing on the shore and starting to go towards the sea and get over with the guilt, the horrors and her life. I believe this part is very well written and transpose the reader in the skin ...