The Whiskey Sea

Running rum during Prohibition, she'll risk her life--and her heart.

Motherless and destitute, Frieda Hope is determined to make a better life for herself and her sister, Bea. The girls are taken in by a kindly fisherman named Silver, and Frieda begins to feel at home on the water. When Silver sells his fishing boat to WWI veteran Sam Hicks, thinking Sam would be a fine husband for Frieda, she's outraged. But Frieda manages to talk Sam into teaching her to repair boat engines instead, so she has a trade of her own and won't have to marry.

Frieda quickly discovers that a mechanic's wages won't support Bea and Silver, and is lured into a money-making team of rumrunners supplying alcohol to New York City speakeasies. Speeding into dangerous waters to transport illegal liquor, Frieda gets swept up in the lucrative, risky work--and swept off her feet by a handsome Ivy Leaguer who's in it just for fun.

As danger mounts and her own feelings threaten to drown her, can Frieda find her way back to solid ground--and to a love that will sustain her?

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298 pages

Average rating: 7.83

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jeabot
May 30, 2024
6/10 stars
Rerunning during prohibition

Frieda lives in a town where the opportunity to make money over rules what is legal. The character of Charles frustrated me. I liked that Frieda had the strength to fight against the norm and support herself. I didn't like how weak she became with Charles. And I didn't like Dutch's greed. Why did Rudy have to pay?

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