I really enjoyed reading this book! It's the second book in The Women of Cannon Beach series. I do recommend reading the first book, Across the Crying Sands because you get to know the characters and their personalities more.

The characters are relatable and easy to like! Mary is AMAZING! She's as strong as the enduring tides. Over and over she faces challenges, heartache and difficult situations but she perseveres. Virginia is a survivor! Even though she's young, she has been dealt a bad hand. Her heart though is compassionate and giving. Henrietta cracks me up! She often speaks before thinking but she has a heart of gold. Jewel is discovering her past and she usually has words of wisdom. This quote really spoke to me:.. "and what do you suppose is a holdfast for the heart? Returning to our roots, on a ship of faith and dreams. These will hold fast."

I was provided a complimentary ARC copy of the book from Revell Books via NetGalley through Interviews and Reviews. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Since closing the final pages of Across the Crying Sands last year (and reading that teaser for book two!), I’ve been wanting to know where Mary Gerritse’s story would go next. In particular, I’ve been so curious about the secret Mary’s parents have been keeping from her, but I also wanted to know if I’d still want to purse whomp her husband John at nearly every turn (lol) and how she & her family are navigating her fairly recent role as the area’s first female mail carrier. Not to mention wondering how her friends Jewell & Herbert’s respective stories would play out too, stories I was just as invested in as Mary’s. We begin With the Enduring Tides about twelve years after Across the Crying Sands began, though I can’t tell exactly how long has passed in their lives (maybe not quite 2 years?) since the end of that first book to this next one. Because this novel does continue several story threads from Across the Crying Sands, I would strongly recommend you read that one before starting book two so you have the background of who’s who and what they’ve already struggled through & overcome.

I love first and foremost that, as she so often does, author Jane Kirkpatrick has based this series on the life of a real historic figure that I’d never heard of before. Mary Gerritse actually lived and breathed and so did her family and other characters we meet on these pages like Herbert Logan and Joe Walsh and Lydia Austin. It warmed my heart to see how Mary & John’s marriage has strengthened as well as how Mary has grown as a wife, mother, daughter, and friend since the first book. And though With the Enduring Tides does continue to primarily follow Mary’s story, with Kirkpatrick seamlessly blending the fact with the fiction, we’re also treated to several different perspectives and additional story threads that captured my interest too. Jewell, Virginia, Olivia, Henrietta… their individual personalities, their resiliency, and the circumstances connecting their paths with Mary’s all kept me turning the pages. I was especially happy to see Jewell again – her quiet wisdom is such a blessing to Mary and others in this novel. And the ‘reading group’ (aka book club) made me smile, helping these frontier women seem even more relatable to this decidedly-not-frontier woman who lives almost 150 years later than they did.

Bottom Line: Jane Kirkpatrick once again captures the highs and lows of women on the frontier, weaving real-life inspiration, community, and character growth into a compelling story. Stories, really, because we follow several women on the pages of With the Enduring Tides, and they each have something to say to us today. Walking beside them as they grapple with both heartbreak and hope, accompanied by the admirable resiliency that comes with life on a rugged frontier, engaged all my emotions and kept me fully immersed in the narrative. I loved catching up with Mary and Jewell as well as meeting the other women who play a key role in this novel, and I’m invested in wherever the series will take them – and me – next. With the Enduring Tides would be a great next read for fans of biographical fiction, Janette Oke, and less-explored settings of the western frontier.

(I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book)

Usually Kirkpatrick’s novels offer a respite read from every day life.
I just couldn’t into this one, however.
There were too many characters to keep track of and too many scenarios.
I got lost and then lost much interest,

After struggling to get into the story, I realized quickly that this was a continuation of the first book in the series and that they definitely could not really stand independently.

Thank you Netgalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

I liked the writing, the characters, and the setting. However, I realized real quickly that this was a continuation of the first book in the series and that they definitely could not really stand independently.

So read the first book first to get the full picture before diving into this book.

A great continuation of history along the Oregon Coast.
Since I have been to the seaside around Cannon Beach, it is easy for me to picture the area. The small towns that were popping up at the time of the storyline.
Mary, the intrepid postal rider, is a historical character. Many other names and places are historical.
I suggest reading the first book in the series and then this book will make more sense.
I received a complimentary copy of this book. My opinions are my own.

5 stars, Rural Mail Carrier

WITH THE ENDURING TIDES (WOMEN OF CANNON BEACH BOOK 2)
By Jane Kirkpatrick

This is a continuation of Mary's story. It is mostly about her family, her husband and children, and her parents.

I love how Mary is a female mail carrier. She rides her horses around the area to deliver all sorts of things to the local people.

There are hard things in Mary's life. I like how she doesn't let them get her down. It would be easy to do.

Highly recommend. Ms. Kirkpatrick takes historical non fiction events and weaves a fictional story around the characters. I love reading about the strong women of the olden times.

I received a complimentary copy of #WiththeEnduringTides #TheWomenofCannonBeach from #RevellPublishing #JaneKirkpatrick #LibraryThing I was not obligated to post a review.

#inspirational #Oregon #strongfemaleprotagonist #triggerwarning

With the Enduring Tides by Jane Kirkpatrick is the second in the Women of Cannon Beach series. I did not realize this was part of a series when I decided to read this book. It might have been helpful to read the first been before I read this one as this book continues the stories of people from the first book. This story, which is actually several stories in one story, follows the lives of several women, and the struggles they faced, on the Oregon coast at the turn of the 20th century. The bottom line is that I liked this book, but I didn’t love it.
An advance copy was provided to me by the publisher via Net Galley. The opinions are my own.

Kirkpatrick is one of the best historical fiction writers.I've read. This takes place in the early nineteen hundreds on the Oregon coast. I know that her books are considered christian fiction, but I think she could be huge in the mainstream market. I think her publisher should think about trying to sell one of her books in the mainstream market.

With The Enduring tides is Jane Kirkpatrick’s second book in The Women of Cannon Beach Series. Having not read the first in the series, I was able to read and follow along with this story very nicely. The story is well written and has the theme of family and community running throughout it. I enjoyed the wonderful characters in this story. They are hardworking, caring people who are easy to like. I enjoyed reading of how Mary sets out alone to deliver mail while leaving her family behind. I found the story inspirational with Belle moving to be with her grandparents to attend school there, yet she helped in time of need. It is interesting to see how the different women’s lives blend together and how they help and care for each other. I especially enjoyed reading of the different situations the women are in and how they deal with caring for friends and extended family.

I voluntarily received a complimentary copy of this book, this is my honest review.

This is a wonderful Christian novel that’s based on a true story about Mary, the main character. All the characters had interesting and unique stories and how the women got along with and helped each other. It helps to read book one Across the Crying Sands. Although much was revealed in this book, I’m intrigued and hope there’s a third book so I can visit these characters again and see what happens next. I got an ARC for my honest review. I also watched the little movie the author directed the readers to, the true story of Mary. I highly recommend this book!

What a wonderful novel! I enjoyed everything about this story.
I cried in a certain scene right along with Mary. I felt so bad for her.
I couldn't put this book down. Kirkpatrick has done it once again with wonderful characters that I loved in getting to know Mary and her family.
I loved the setting of this story. I felt like I was there and meeting new friends, old friends and just enjoyed being there.
Kirkpatrick has done well with the tough subjects and of course has weaving everything perfectly in together.
I like seeing the not so perfect people learning how life's journey works out for them. I think it's a wonderful lesson for us to see how they made things work out for them.
I'm giving this story 5 stars for a job well done! And for keeping my attention all the way through. I hope there's more in this series in the future.
I received a complimentary copy courtesy of Revell through Interviews & Reviews via NetGalley for my honest opinion.

Mary Gerritse lived in Oregon in the year 1900 with her husband John and four children. But Mary had an unusual occupation, she was a mail carrier, and she was escorting an Englishwoman named Olivia to her friend Herbert's hotel in Elk Creek.
But on the way there through Hug Point, a crusher wave smashed Marys' favorite horse, Prince, into the rocks where he floundered and got crushed and unable to rise, Mary tearfully had to shoot him to end his suffering.
Jewell, Marys' Nehalem Tillamook friend, saw how sad Mary was, and consoled her and told the two ladies that Herbert was not there, but he was and when he saw Olivia,he fell! Olivia was the girl he had loved from afar for years and now she was here!
You will enjoy reading about Mary, John, their children, Olivia and Herbert and many other characters and their lives in this unique period in our history.

Another installment in the historical Women of Cannon Beach series, book two begins at the start of a new century.
New friends and old continue to face life's challenges with its ups and downs. Family bonds are tested and their circles expand with new arrivals and help in difficult times. This author always writes such interesting stories, building upon careful research, with fiction filling in details to breathe life into real history.

The next chapter in Mary's life shows how much she had grown and continued to learn from challenges she faced as a wife, mother, daughter, and in her career path as the first woman mail carrier on the Oregon coast. I liked how her marriage to John had become stronger through all they faced, talking through tough decisions, working to keep their family going, growing more in love. Prayer and faith are a part of the fabric that holds them together. I loved how Jewell's quiet wisdom and solid friendship added to the story and liked catching up with her life. She remains my favorite character.

Some difficult topics are pulled into the plot, handled openly but carefully. There is much to grieve over as Mary searches more into her own past, faces deep losses, including a tragic event in her family. There is sadness but hope too, with healing through the help found in community, faith and family.

Overall a satisfying read. Hoping to find out more of their story in the next book. 4 stars

To be completely honest, it wasn't until I sat down to write this review that I realized that this was the second book in a series (The Women of Cannon Beach), and I had not read the previous book before this one. I'll admit, while I enjoyed this story very much by the end, it took some time to get there... and now discovering that it's part of a series and the first book seems to give us Mary's story prior to this one, I think this might be a big part of that. Had I read her story first, I think I would have connected more quickly with this one. As such, I'd definitely recommend going back and rereading that first, so you're all caught up. Either way, I did still enjoy getting to know these women and their stories. They had a lot of struggles to work through, and I loved the resiliency we see among them. I haven't read a ton of books about the American West in the early 1900s, and I found this to be a really interesting look into that period in time. If you enjoy Christian historical fiction celebrating women's friendship, this is certainly one to check out... but definitely check out the first book first!

**ARC received for consideration. All opinions are my own.

This book was quite different and I have to admit I struggled through it. It follows the lives of several women along the Oregon coast in the early 1900s. There are several stories within the story I was given a complementary copy of this book and opinions are my own.

Thank you netgalley for letting me read this book.
I really liked the first book and was excited to read this second one. I enjoyed meeting some new character while also getting to see the Mary and Johns family grow up. I loved seeing Herbert and Oliva meet again and figure out their lives. I thought some of the events that happened in the book were choppy. There were times that it didn't flow as well into the next event as it could have. I really enjoyed the continuation of this series and will be looking forward to the third one.