At her mother's cottage on a coastal Georgia river, Abbey Taylor Bunn cherishes Labor Day as an annual getaway. On the eve of her departure for the yearly holiday weekend, Abbey is mystified by a series of alarming events concerning her husband. As if uncertainty about her marriage isn't enough, her dearest friend is diagnosed with cancer and must make a decision about undergoing life-altering surgery. Predictions about a fast-moving tropical storm heighten Abbey's tension and leave her alone to cope with her husband and her fearful friend. As the intensifying storm sweeps nearer, Abbey presses her sly spouse for troubling answers while giving her shaken companion room to find her own solution. When the catastrophic Category 4 hurricane makes landfall nearby, their focuses narrow, and each momentous decision they make could be their last.

"A stirring story about family ties, women's friendships, and survival."

-Dana Ridenour, Award-Winning Author of Behind the Mask, Beyond the Cabin, and Below the Radar

"Treacherous storms are brewing, of both the literal and figurative kinds, in the breathtakingly beautiful vision of coastal Georgia that serves as the precarious setting of Tidewater Tempest. Abbey Taylor Bunn must navigate the upending uncertainties of family, friendship, and forecasts as she faces myriad dangers to her life as she knows it in this newest page-turner from M. Z. Thwaite. A wild and rewarding ride indeed."

-Jonathan Haupt, Co-Editor of Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy and Executive Director, PatConroyLiteraryCenter.org

"M. Z. Thwaite ups the ante on the suspense in the third book of her Tidewater series. Fans of Abbey Taylor Bunn will not want Tidewater Tempest to end."

-Rockelle Henderson, Founder of the Bluffton Book Festival

M. Z. Thwaite shares her lifelong love affair with Georgia's Golden Isles as the author of the Tidewater literary suspense series. A licensed Realtor for nearly forty years, she continues to enjoy the simple pleasures of the hunting and fishing club co-founded by her maternal grandfather. She grew up in Atlanta and lives in Beaufort, South Carolina, with her husband, Steve Weeks, of Riverton, New Jersey.