About the Book Award-winning author, Lori Hayes, will touch your heart with salty beach books about community, friendships, feral animals, and wild horses. Book Synopsis (This series can be read out of sequence order) Where the sand dunes tower and the horses run free, a mysterious island may hold painful secrets of the past. Romance and suspense reach new heights in the coastal Outer Banks. Claire Kincaid is drawn to a small town on the coast. As a wildlife photographer, shes captivated by the scenery and the wild horses she finds on a nearby island. The breeze is fresh, the tang of sea salt tasting oddly reassuring. There is a familiarity, as if shes returned home after years away. She yearns to find her estranged father, having heard he lives somewhere in the area, but feels most connected to him when shes on the deserted island. While on a photo shoot of the wild horses, she misses the last passenger ferry back to the mainland and is stranded overnight with little food or water. Black thunderheads are already gathering out at sea.Jeff Rhoades, park ranger and wildlife biologist, discovers Claire hasnt returned to the mainland and searches late into the night to find her. But shes anything but excited to see him. As they spend more time together, though, their complicated relationship grows confusing and their attraction to each other is undeniable. Though neither are in a position to acknowledge it, the chemistry between them intensifies, until he discovers intricate secrets of her past. They cant ignore the magic on the island-although lies and secrets revealed threaten to keep them apart. Review Quotes Five stars: Part one of the Crystal Coast Series, I truly enjoyed falling into this story. I had a hard time putting it down and stayed up late way too many nights to find out what would happen next. Terrific summer beach read, or in the dead of winter to help take you to a warm sandy place! Five stars: Tide is a beautiful story of a young woman trying to find her father, her independence, and subsequently finds love and a passion for horses along the way. I love the way the author moved between the perspective of the main characters and kept the story flowing. It was hard to put this book down, which I rarely did! I highly recommend this High Tide to anyone who enjoys a fantastic beach read, romance, and saving the wild horses! Five stars: I really enjoyed reading this book as well as coffee break and coastal Christmas. Great story line and easy reading. Loved the local setting too. Five stars: I havent read in awhile, and I love reading, what a perfect book to start back up again! I loved it! Five stars: This book was hard to put down! Theres so much going on; small town drama, romance, unusual family dynamics and of course the horses of Pony Island! I loved all of the mystery and trying to figure things out on my own. The book held plenty of surprises! I felt like I really got to know the characters and was sad to say goodbye to them at the end of the book. Luckily, they turn up in the next book in this series which I am currently reading! I can not recommend this book and Lori Hayes any higher!