Charleston, Modern Day: Adeline Miller, a preservationist, gets a call from a Charleston psychiatrist who wants her to restore his Battery Street mansion to its former glory. Thinking this might be her big break, she relocates to Charleston, moves into the third floor of the mansion, and gets to work. As she begins to discover secrets from the past about the family who once lived there, her future begins to get a lot more complicated than she ever expected. Charleston, 1859: Shannon Ravenel, the daughter of wealthy rice planter King Ravenel, is destined to marry into South Carolina’s elite planting class. That conclusion is thrown into question when her brother brings home his friend from the Naval Academy, Massachusetts-bred John Thomas Haley. Love aside, can a planter’s daughter and an abolitionist’s son forge a future in a nation that is ripping apart at the seams, or does fate have other plans for both?

Charleston, Modern Day: Adeline Miller’s life has taken a significant detour. Nothing has been quite as she imagined since coming to Charleston, and the worst of it is the uncertainty that leaves her wanting both to take a leap of faith and to protect her heart. Still, she is determined to restore the Ravenel-Thompson House and discover what secrets and mysteries lie beneath its hallowed walls. Charleston, 1861: Shannon Haley’s choice is made. Plunging into a war-torn land, she will risk everything to reach her family. Reconciliation is only a vague and distant hope, but what awaits her when she arrives in the South, she can only guess. Crushed by loss and despair, can she find a new life among the ruins of her home, her marriage, and her peace?

Charleston, Modern Adeline Miller-Ravenel came to Charleston to restore a historic Battery Street mansion. She never expected her ties in the city to run so deep or her decisions to be so difficult. With her reason for staying drawing to a close, she is torn between making the sensible choice and following the promptings of her heart. Charleston, 1865: The war is over, and Charleston lies in ruins. In a world quickly changing, Shannon Haley must piece together the fragments of her marriage and former life. Her journey will plunge her deep into the heart of Reconstruction and into the highest stakes for the fate of a nation and her own future. Charleston Tides is the final book in the Torn Asunder Series. It is the poignant culmination of great emotions, fears, trials, and triumphs for the characters of the series, both modern and historical.