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New Novel Coming on October 21, 2025!
When Mist and Brine Touch
from Golden Bridges Publishing
Celebrate the release of When Mist and Brine
Touch, with a talk titled "How
Many Lies are in One Fiction—
The Nature of Truth in Fiction"
where:
The Belfast Free Library
Tuesday, October 28 6:30 pm
106 High St, Belfast, ME 04915
Abbott Room
and
Anodyne Bookshop
Saturday, October 25 3:00 pm
175 W Main St,
Searsport, ME 04974
Buy it now from:
Free Books from Golden Bridges Book Club!
The Golden Bridges Book Club Program is offering up to 5 free matching copies to book clubs that purchase books directly through Golden Bridges Publishing. What a great way to make books more affordable to your club members!
When your book club joins the program, you can also request that the author visit your book club either in person or by ZOOM to lead the conversation or just chat.
Want free books for your book club? Visit https://www.goldenbridgespublishing.com/bridges-book-club-progrm to apply. Once approved, your club will receive a special link to purchase books and claim the matching copies, all shipped together for convenience.
Historical fiction with a splash of romance.
1894. A brutal pirate attack leaves Captain Littledove gravely wounded and his ship adrift with only one survivor - Eliza Strauss, a socialite who has never done anything practical in her life. Now this unlikely pair must overcome their vast social differences to survive. While Eliza battles rats, hacks apart furniture for firewood, and struggles to keep the cantankerous captain alive, she discovers strengths she never knew she had. And as Littledove guides her in keeping their abandoned vessel afloat, he begins to see past her refined manners to recognize a courage that matches his own.
From Isabel Tutaine, acclaimed author of Song of the Wooden Sparrow, comes a sweeping tale of survival and transformation on the high seas. As attraction blooms between a captain who believes he can never be worthy of a lady and a socialite who thinks herself useless to a seafaring man, both must challenge the assumptions that have defined their lives. When Mist and Brine Touch is a masterful exploration of how crisis can shatter social barriers and unlock the potential that lies dormant within us all.
Reviewers are saying:
"When Mist and Brine Touch is a captivating historical novel. Set in 1894, the story follows Eliza Strauss, a socialite who unexpectedly finds herself aboard a weather-beaten cargo ship captained by the gruff William Littledove. After a pirate attack leaves them stranded at sea, Eliza and Littledove must overcome their differences to survive. The novel explores themes of courage, defiance of societal norms, and the transformative power of love—which combine to make this novel a gripping read for fans of historical romance and adventure."
—Cynthia Reeves, author of The Last Whaler and Falling Through the New World
"Author Isabel Tutaine does a masterful job of sending the reader into a fascinating world of high-seas adventure that then turns landward into the parlors of high-society 19th century America. Captain Littledove discovers he has much to learn to gain the favor of the gallant and brave woman, Eliza Strauss, who saves his life from pirates and who later introduces him to another realm that follows rules different, yet oddly similar, to shipboard life. Written in the tradition of Michael Faber and Sarah Waters, When Mist and Brine Touch is a fast-paced read that will keep you guessing and turning pages to the story’s satisfying end."
—James White, author of The First State
Song of the Wooden Sparrow
