A wonderful story with many layers of interesting characters and situations.

After reading and thoroughly enjoying Discerning Grace, the first book in the White Sails series by Emma Lombard, I was excited to read Grace on the Horizon. I'd missed Grace and Seamus, and couldn't wait to see how their relationship had grown and deepened, and to accompany them on their next high seas adventure. The book did not disappoint. As with her first book, Lombard's descriptions of life aboard a ship (this time, an exploration vessel on a round-the-world expedition in the 1830s) ring true, and pull the reader in for the ride; it's clear that a substantial amount of research was done to get the descriptions (many of which are delightfully sensory) and dialogue just right. The plot is fast-moving and twisty, which I always appreciate, and ties up not only plot threads from this story but from Discerning Grace as well. But it also looks inward, examining the fallout from one of the worst things that can happen in a marriage, and how a couple moves forward from that. I'm missing Grace and Seamus all over again, and am eagerly awaiting the release of book three!