BETWEEN THE SKY AND THE SEA by Lisa Williams Kline

 

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One glance. A shipwreck. Can a love affair forged in peril sustain two independent spirits?

Lavinia Onslow, who delights in the freedom of managing her father’s millinery shop in the heart of Savannah, Georgia, has decided she may defy convention and not marry after all. Yet, in the summer of 1838, on board the elegant steamship Pulaski, bound from Savannah to Baltimore, she exchanges glances with an intriguing young man. What can ensue from a mere glance? Quite a lot, as legend has it. That very night, the boiler of the Pulaski explodes and the ship sinks, drowning most of its wealthy passengers. As Lavinia struggles in the water in her heavy dress, calling out for her father and thinking she will surely perish, someone dives in to rescue her, pulling her up next to him on a makeshift raft made of two deck settees. When she composes herself, she recognizes the intriguing man. There they float, alone but together, surrounded by ocean, thirty miles off the coast of North Carolina, desperate for a life-saving miracle.

Is the bond she feels for this stranger more than an instinct for survival?

Inspired by a legend --that may or not be true-- and set in the rich historic milieus of Savannah, New Orleans, and the coast of North Carolina, Between the Sky and the Sea explores how Lavinia Onslow’s desire to live as an independent woman transforms after surviving the wreck of the Pulaski.

Author bio

Lisa Williams Kline wanted to become a writer ever since second grade, when she wrote and illustrated “The Adventures of Little Horse and Little Lamb,” on large-lined paper. A graduate of Duke University, she is now the author of ten books for young people, including Eleanor Hill, winner of the North Carolina Juvenile Literature Award, Princesses of Atlantis, Write Before Your Eyes, One Week of You, the novella One Week of the Heart, and the five-book Sisters in All Seasons series. In 2022, her book of personal essays The Ruby Mirror was released by The Bridge, and in 2023, adult historical fiction Between the Sky and the Sea was released from Dragonblade Publishing, and contemporary women's fiction Ladies' Day was released from CamCat Books. Lisa lives with her veterinarian husband and two talented cats and a sweet chihuahua who played Bruiser Woods in Legally Blonde: The Musical. Their daughters and their husbands visit frequently with their dogs and as can be imagined they have a howling good time.