Grace Arising (The White Sails Series Book 3)

Name: Grace Arising (The White Sails Series Book 3)
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

Emma Lombard

Apr 2022 · The White Sails Series Book 3 · Emma Lombard

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Slow-burn historical women’s fiction with a splash of romance—think: the love child of books like Bridgerton mixed with Pirates of the Caribbean.

GRACE ARISING is the third full-length novel in The White Sails Series. The burgeoning 1840s New Holland wool market is irresistible to entrepreneurial souls prepared to brave the open oceans. Having survived unimaginable tragedy together, Grace and Seamus Fitzwilliam plan a fresh start aboard their new ship, Elias.

Lucius Chittenden, the new first mate, comes highly-recommended, and with the return of the trusted crew, the journey promises smooth sailing. The Elias is bursting with goods for the colony as well as shepherds for Gilly Downs, but it is not long before a theft is discovered, souring the mood aboard.

While Chittenden’s demand for expedience guarantees blistering speeds, it comes at a cost to the men’s morale, and sets Seamus and Grace at loggerheads. Seamus believes the officer pragmatic, Grace believes him cruel. When Chittenden’s cavalier attitude results in him shooting Seamus, Grace has Chittenden chained to the hold. With Seamus gravely injured, she assumes command of the Elias, taking responsibility for seeing her crew and family to safety.

The demands of navigating a tall ship across stormy seas, while trying to keep Seamus alive and managing her children, sees Grace bowed by duty. Sheer grit keeps her at the helm, affecting an air of steadfastness and complete control—but do the sailors see this in her? And will she make it to New Holland in time to save Seamus’s life?

Be prepared to be swept away from the smoggy skies of London, across the roiling Indian Ocean, and returned to beloved Gilly Downs in New South Wales as GRACE ARISING delivers more romantic, historical adventure, sea stories.

The White Sails Series complete collection box set features one sassy heroine aboard a ship full of sailors. Prepare for historical romance full of strong alpha males with a trace of vulnerability, superstitious sailors, epic sea adventures that take you from the cobbled streets of London to a tall ship setting, and ultimately a happy ending.

If you love a man in uniform, strong women who don’t like being told what to do, fated mates, and happily-ever-afters, hop aboard the boxset of The White Sails Series:

- Discerning Grace

- Grace on the Horizon

- Grace Arising

- Christmas at Gilly Downs

Also available as audiobooks narrated by Siobhan Waring.

Ratings and reviews

5.0

1 review

Gail Gilmore

April 1, 2022

I'd been eagerly awaiting "Grace Arising," the third book in The White Sails Series, and (as usual!) Emma Lombard's writing did not disappoint. The book picks up Grace and Seamus Fitzwilliam's story aboard their ship the Elias, bound for Sydney Harbor in the New South Wales colony, and the fulfillment of their new partnership with old friend Elijah Barclay, grazier at Gilly Downs, to transport and sell the wool produced from Gilly Downs sheep. Also on board are a small group of shepherds looking for a fresh start in New South Wales, and soon to be employed by Barclay. The voyage starts off with high hopes and spirits, but a series of mishaps at the incompetent hands of the new first mate puts the safe and timely arrival of the Elias in Sydney Harbor at risk and threaten Seamus’s life. But Grace perseveres, bringing the ship safely into harbor, where a new round of adventures begin, bringing new beginnings and endings for most of the characters introduced in the previous books in the series. "Grace Arising" is fast-paced, and written with a descriptiveness that, as with Lombard's two previous books in the series, always makes me feel as if I'm right there in the action. I admit to being a bit teary at the end, mostly because I felt sad to be saying good-bye to Grace, Seamus, and all the other colorful characters Lombard has brought to life as I thought this was the final book of the series. But to my happy surprise, I discovered Lombard has written a fourth book in the series, a novella that picks up the Fitzwilliams' story ten years down the road. I'm grateful not to have to say my goodbyes quite yet. I highly recommended "Grace Arising," and the entire White Sails Series, for fans of historical fiction and romance with a nautical twist. Or, really, for anyone who enjoys a well-told, well-researched, well-written story.

About the author

Emma Lombard was born in Pontefract in the UK. She grew up in Africa—calling Zimbabwe and South Africa home for a few years—before finally settling in Brisbane Australia, and raising four boys. Before she started writing historical fiction, she was a freelance editor in the corporate world, which was definitely not half as exciting as writing rollicking romantic adventures. Her characters are fearless seafarers, even though in real life Emma gets disastrously sea sick. GRACE ARISING, is the third book in The White Sails Series.

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