Tempest At Annabel's Lighthouse by Jaime Jo Wright

 

Do you like a good ghost story? Tempest at Annabel's Lighthouse is Jaime Jo Wright's latest novel and it features the ghost named Annabel.

Tempest at Annabel's Lighthouse is a dual timeline novel. The book starts off in the late 1800s with Rebecca who is lost and has amnesia. Readers first meet Rebecca on Annabel's grave. Those who live in the lighthouse struggled to keep Rebecca safe as there were still evil people out to get her. 

In the present-day timeline, author and researcher Shea Radclyffe is staying at the lighthouse to research about Annabel and to write a book. If she is honest, she is also struggling with her marriage to Pete and she isn't sure what to do about it. Then Pete shows up at the lighthouse to help her with some car repairs--and maybe help her solve the mystery surrounding her.

Tempest at Annabel's Lighthouse is a book that is fraught with mystery and angst in both timelines. I didn't figure out all of the mysteries on either side of the timeline until near the end. Wright did a good job of weaving the mystery. The ghost of Annabel is also part of both timelines. There are also themes of redemption and forgiveness in this book but not a lot of faith elements. 

At the same time, there is a heavy load of family dysfunction in both time-lines throughout the book. There are some difficult things that happen in the time-line of the 1800s that may be difficult to read for those who have been abused in any way. The themes in both timelines are darker throughout much of the book but light does win in the end in both eras. There are also questions at the back of Tempest at Annabel's Lighthouse, which would be good for those using this book in a book club.

I received a copy of this book from Bethany House Publishers through Interviews and Reviews. All opinions are my own.

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