I really enjoyed Along the Infinite Sea, the first Beatriz Williams book I've read. The book includes two story lines: Annabelle in the 1930s, as she works to escape Nazi Germany and is caught in a sort of love triangle, and Pepper in the 1960s, who is looking for a solution to a bad decision she made. Ultimately, the stories merge. The ending was not what I predicted as I read closer to finishing the book, but I enjoyed it and thought the story tied up nicely. I didn't realize this book was par...

Beatriz Williams delivers another winner in the latest installment of the Schuyler Sisters series. "Along the Infinite Sea" provides readers with two parallel stories -- the late 1930's story of Annabelle Dommerich in a Europe that is heading for war, and the mid-1960's story of Pepper Schuyler, the feisty daughter of a prominent NYC family entangled in an affair with a legendary politician.In "Sea" Williams does what she does best -- gives readers smart, resourceful, headstrong female protagoni...

I’m an unabashed fan of Beatriz Williams’s soapish, melodramatic historical novels. She does what often gets derided as “chick lit” so well. Her books toe the edge of fluffy, but they’re fairly well-written and incredibly engaging. She’s good at laying out a twisty plot without giving away all the secrets too early or making those twists too obvious or trite. They’re just fun to read. So this is the third novel about the Schuyler sisters and a more-or-less direct follow-up to Tiny Little Thing.

Confession: I did not want to read this book. It just sounded a little blah to me. The setting sounded random as did the time periods, and the romance sounded cliche….so I wasn’t overly enthused to read it. But I agreed to do a review anyway on a chance that it might be ‘decent’……I had heard a lot about William’s writing style and was at least willing to give it a shot, especially since I like war time novels/romances.Well readers…I was completely blown away! This book was phenomenal. I loved Wi...

This is the first book by Beatriz Williams I have read, and something about it was compulsively readable (Case in point: generally when I read at night, I get sleepy … but this book kept me wide-eyed). This dual-narrative, dual-time period novel is, at its most basic level, a love story/romance. (Ironically, I don’t consider myself a reader of either genre – but when it’s done well … let’s face it … who can resist a good love story?). But this novel also is much more. It’s historical fiction and...

Pepper is back and as usual something​ is brewing. The brew is that she is pregnant and has no place to go.Pepper did have some money, though, because she found an old Mercedes at her sister's home, ​got it in perfect working order, and sold it. Little did Pepper know that the car and Annabelle, the woman who bought the car, had a colorful and intense history of love, loss, and complications that involved the car.What secrets do both Annabelle and Pepper have? ​Will they both reveal them after A...

*4.5 stars Took me awhile to get into this but once things really picked up, I couldn't put it down. I was rooting for Annabelle & Stefan, what a love story! I liked the characters but especially Pepper & Florian. I actually would have liked to have more of their story. The extra half star is for the second half of the book, where I thought the story really shined.

This book ripped my heart in two and put it back together again only to rip it up again and mend it once more. There is a twist at the end I really didn't expect and honestly felt was slightly unbelievable due to the characters' personalities. Would Stefan have really done that? I guess I can see it both ways. But that is how the author chose to do it and I can have it. It made me a little disappointed but all is well in the end so I'm okay. Beatriz Williams is a fantastic author. I've now read

I want to read this for the cover alone. Gorgeous.

As usual, did I start off reading (or in this case listening) the wrong book in a Beatriz Williams series. I have a tendency to go for the last one published and then go back to the start. Luckily, the books Williams write are all stand-alone (ish).Along the Infinite Sea is a fabulous book. I have an easy way to determine how good an audiobook is. Since I have a job where I can listen to audiobooks do I want to feel that the books captivate me in such a way that after 8 hours of work does it fee...

This is the first Beatriz Williams novel I've read. The writing and storytelling isseductive. With two storylines (Europe in the 1930's , America in the 1960's), and two women narrators ( Annabelle and Pepper, with their personal complicated lives over a twenty year period), I was swept away into another time in history with two 'all-too-human' characters. Annabelle and Pepper meet at a car auction. Pepper bought and restored a Mercedes Benz that Annabelle had owned years ago - the car she drove...

4.5 stars!This was my first novel by Beatriz Williams and I was a bit nervous, because technically this book is the third in a series about a trio of sister's. I needn't have worried...it read like a standalone novel and now I absolutely need to read the others and basically anything else this author comes out with.This story is told in two separate storylines by two different women. Annabelle in Europe in the mid to late 1930's. And Pepper in America in 1966. During the summer of 1966, Pepper S...

Along the Infinite Sea verges on cheesy -- not the kind of book I can read regularly -- but the story and characters drew me in and I thoroughly enjoyed it. In alternating sections, it tells the parallel stories of two women who find themselves pregnant out of wedlock. Annabelle's story takes place in the mid to late 1930s in France and Germany. The story of Pepper takes place in the 1960s in the US, where she is taken in by Annabelle who tells her that she was once in the same boat and that she...

Along the Infinite Sea by Beatriz Williams is a 2016 Berkley publication. Both Annabelle and Pepper are strong women who are facing or have faced adversity, and showed real temerity when staring down danger for the sake of their children. I loved both these women and am so happy they connected. I have a feeling these two will be the best of friends… or maybe even family someday.Overall, this is a beautiful and epic love story that transcends time, written with perfect pacing and vivid characteri...

I recently read three other books by Beatriz Williams; I started with 'The Secret Life of Violet Grant', then 'A Hundred Summers' followed by 'Tiny Little Thing' which I finished reading two weeks ago. 'Tiny Little Thing' is the lead-in story to 'Along the Infinite Sea' and I don't recommend reading them in the reverse order, it won't be nearly as satisfying if you do.There's a lot to like about 'Along the Infinite Sea' and I will say I found myself enjoying the conflicts and the characters Will...

4.5 stars!Along the Infinite Sea was a wonderfully written, dual-time story set in Paris, Germany and the United States. Our main characters Pepper and Annabelle are strong, beautiful women whose lives are very complicated and full of secrets. We learn a little at a time about them as the book flashes between 1936 and 1966. Of the 2 storylines, Annabelle's is the most compelling and she is also the character that is more identifiable for most people. She dealt with a lot in her lifetime, and sur...

I started this book on audio. The voices really irritated me, so I stopped. I can't tell you how much better the book got once the irritating voices were removed.This is a dual time line book; Annabelle Dammerich and Pepper Schuyler are the two main characters. Lots of secrets here. You spend the whole book trying to figure out why Annabelle's last name is Dammerich. Stefan Silverman is one man in her life. Johann von Kliest, another man, eventually becomes her husband.Pepper Schuyler: Girl Frid...

"Along the Infinite Sea" is a historical fiction that focuses on two women: one who is unmarried and pregnant in the 1960s and one who has an amazing past that consists of love, hard choices, and escaping from the Nazis in late-1930s Europe. This is the third book in the Schuyler Sisters series by Beatriz Williams but totally stands on its own. This book really did make me want to go back and read the other books in this series. This one is a great story with many twists and turns. Pepper and An...

Ahhhhh. Reading (or listening in this case) Beatriz Williams books is something that I find hard to describe. The stories are vivid and of a time I have not lived, but the writing makes me wish I had. I enjoy reading about protagonists like Pepper, strong-willed women of a time when strong women were the exception.The Infinite Sea is told in the time of Pepper and Annabelle meeting one another in the 60’s, with Annabelle’s story of her own youth being weaved in throughout the book. It is a brill...