Waiting on Love
by Tracie Peterson
Pub Date05 Oct 2021
Bethany House |Bethany House Publishers
Christian| Historical Fiction| Romance


Bethany House Publishers and Netgalley provided me with a copy of Waiting on Love to review:


She has made some big promises. She'll have to put everything she's got into keeping them.


Her father's freighter ship, the Mary Elise, crisscrosses the Great Lakes, and Elise Wright has grown up cooking and caring for the crew. She loves her life. In contrast to her estranged sister, Elise has refused numerous opportunities for a "respectable life" with their wealthy relatives. And now, because of promises she made to her dying mother, she's bound to the ship and her deeply grieving father more than ever. Having made promises to her dying mother, she's now more devoted than ever to the ship and her grieving father.


While Nick Clark is working to overcome his own guilt and others' rebukes for a fatal decision he made while captaining another ship, he is grateful to be hired on as the Mary Elise's first mate. When a rough new sailor seems intent on causing serious trouble, he feels protective of the Wrights and their generous nature.


Despite the sailor's misdeeds, tragedy looms around the corner. With their commitments to themselves and to each other still to be fulfilled, Nick and Elise will have to rely on their faith to make it through.


I give Waiting on Love five out of five stars!


Happy Reading!

I have not read a seafaring voyage book in quite a while and WAITING ON LOVE is the perfect addition to add to my collection. There is just something about reading a book with a setting on the Great Lakes with a young woman and the captain, her father.
Nick Clark has to leave home after not bowing to his father's wishes though he does keep abreast of the family's going ons through letters back and forth to the family's housekeeper.
After helping Elise Wright when she has an accident on the street Nick is pleased to be hired on as first mate on Elise's father's freighter ship, the Mary Elise. This is Elise's second home; she cooks and cleans for the crew and has been doing so for many years passing up opportunities to become entangled in a romance. The crew respects Elise and her father and wouldn't dream of trying any funny business with her. When a crew member who is newly hired on tries to put the moves on her and is disrespectful and bad news all around the crew quickly put him in his place.
I loved the descriptions of the work the crew did preparing to sail and being on the open water. The descriptions of the strong storms had me holding my breath hoping the ship would survive the peril.
A slow burn romance, this is Elise and Nick's story. He treated her so respectfully. We also spend some time on land and see a heartwarming reunion with Nick and a family member.
Nick is fighting his own demons, not able to forgive himself for something that he believes he is responsible for. Will Elise and her strong faith be able to help him with this?
I loved the deep faith the main characters have. There is adventure, romance and mystery.
I am always happy to read a book by this author, her books are so well researched. She always makes her books so fascinating.

Pub Date 05 Oct 2021
I was given a complimentary copy of this book.
All opinions expressed are my own.

Due to the many books that I have started and not finished lately due to the unrealistic, cliche or unoriginal, or lacking a faith base in a book from a Christian author or publisher. I've found too many and am just leaving this book as a did not finish due to my not getting into the book... I have previously really enjoyed Tracie Peterson's books very, very much, she has been a favorite historical fiction author of myself and one of my sisters, however. This one and other more recent releases however have been repetitive and I haven't really gotten into them due to the fact that they seem like they were pieced together from her former works.

A freight-hauler family runs their ship on the Great Lakes every season. Elise and her father, the captain, manage the trips and live on board. Her mother is deceased and her sister, Caroline, finds herself better suited to the high-life that her uncle can offer. The captain finds himself in need of a new first mate, just as Nick Clark comes into the picture. Nick is the disowned son of a textile magnate in Boston.
There's a scandal with Caroline and her new husband. Nick has unresolved issues with his father. Elise is devoted to the ship and taking care of her father out of a sense of duty to her mother.
It's an interesting setting and a good read.

Waiting on Love by Tracie Peterson is the third book in her Ladies of the Lake historical romance series.

I’ve enjoyed this series, especially because it’s set on the Great Lakes and primarily centered around Duluth, Minnesota. This book takes place mostly on board one of the lake-going vessels that carried coal and grain up and down Lake Michigan.

Waiting on Love isn’t the most light-hearted read, nor the easiest, but I loved the way Nick stood by Elise even while dealing with his own struggles. He shows himself to be trustworthy and dependable. And Elise needs that with everything she faces. This book also contains a few trigger warnings for abuse and unwed pregnancy. I loved the sense of justice throughout the story.

Overall, I enjoyed the setting as well as the characters and wish there were more stories in the series.

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I received a complimentary copy of this book from NetGalley and Bethany House Publishers. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with FTC guidelines.

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Dislaimer: I am not an overly religious person and this is a Christian Romance title, however I adored it. Waiting on Love is the second book by Tracie Peterson I've read, however the first in the Ladies of the Lake series that I've read (I plan to read the other two). This is the story of Elise, her family (father and sister), and her romantic relationship with Nick. Elise's father is the captain of a schooner that sails the Great Lakes between NY and MN. Elise serves as the cook and cares for her father and the rest of the crew. This is a story of love, trust, family, and survival. Times were tough sailing the Great Lakes and Elise (and the crew) experiences many trials including storms, deaths, scandals, and even a murder mystery. This book is so well written and the characters drew me in immediately. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone enjoying historical fiction- specifically Great Lakes history.

I have only read a few Tracie Peterson books, but I'm asking myself why is this! I loved this book. For starters, it is set in my favorite time period, the late 1800s. My old soul searches out books from this era. The author paints a picture of Nick and Elise aboard the Mary Elise ship with trials of being at sea and working a crew. I look forward to the next installment in this series to find out where we are heading next! I will definitely be recommending this book. A definite 5 stars from me!

Yes - read it.

Honest characters, interesting storyline and HEA. It did make me cry which is sometimes a good thing.

Part of series but stands alone.

I received an ARC from Netgalley to help me prepare for my honest review.

Waiting on Love is part of Tracie Peterson’s Ladies of the Lake series. While each book features a female protagonist with a Great Lakes setting, the stories of the books function as stand-alone novels. In Waiting on Love, Elise Wright loves her life aboard her father’s ship, despite the questionable behavior of some of the crew. There is plenty of action and drama (not in a bad way) in the book, and the faith element is strong. I appreciate that the romance wasn’t the only plot line to be significantly developed in the book, but was instead one aspect of the characters’ lives. This was my first Tracie Peterson read, but not likely to be my last!

Thanks go to @NetGalley and @BethanyHouse for the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Waiting on Love is the third and my favorite installment from Tracie Peterson's Ladies of the Lake series. I loved it and am giving five stars.

Ladies of the Lake was a fantastic series, and this book was a superb finale. The first two might have featured developments of the lake, but this story put us right on the lake with a ship’s cook and first mate. It was adventurous and family oriented and right up my alley.

The bad guy was way too obvious and over-the-top, but he did make things rather interesting at times.

The rest of the cast was wonderful and complex. I enjoyed getting to know them, and being right there on the adventures with them was great.

The plot was simply marvelous. I liked the concern Elise had for her father and sister, and it was equally great to see Nick striving to regain his reputation in multiple people’s eyes. It was fun to spend a lot of the book on a ship on one of the Great Lakes too.

Content: alcohol and drunkenness

I reviewed this book for Historical Novels Review, the magazine of the Historical Novel Society. Per their policy, I cannot post the review online until it is posted on the HNS website on Feb 1st. I will update it then.

Waiting on Love by Tracie Peterson – Characters Refreshingly Honest with Integrity and Faith


I am grateful to have rediscovered Tracie Peterson’s writing and her recent book Waiting on Love which is part of the Ladies of the Lake series. This book is very different from what I usually read, but it was the storyline and characters which drew me in.

Elise Wright is very different than her sister Caroline. Both girls grew up sailing the sea with their father Captain Bill Wright and mother Mary, on their ship the Mary Elise. Caroline has chosen to marry a wealthy high society man she met through her aunt and uncle. But Elise loves the life she has on the sea. She will fulfill the promise she made to her dying mother, to continue to take care of her father and the ship’s crew. The ship will be taking on two new sailors, Nick Clark, a man who is haunted by his past, and Booker Duran a man who is on the run. Captain Wright sees something in both men and he wants to give them a second chance.

I absolutely loved this book! I read a lot of books by Christian authors and publishers and most of them have very little about faith. Not so with Waiting on Love by Tracie Peterson. The Christian faith and the Gospel of Jesus Christ are front and center in the lives of the characters and how they live, what they say and do. The Gospel and Bible verses are shared as part of the storyline and development of the characters. I appreciated and enjoyed the honesty and integrity of the characters, their graciousness, mercy, and kindness.

Of course, there is always an antagonist or two in stories. I appreciated the integrity and upright character displayed by the main characters in how they dealt with deceitful people seeking to do harm to others.

Reading Waiting on Love by Tracie Peterson left me with good examples of Christians living out their faith in an interesting story that takes place in the 1800s. I am so happy to have rediscovered Tracie Peterson. Reading this book makes me want to go back and read her earlier novels. I would like to commend Bethany House Publishers for allowing the Christian faith and the Gospel message to be shared in this fictional story.

I highly recommend Waiting on Love by Tracie Peterson. An interesting story, which takes place in a different era and a unique setting. I appreciated the refreshing honesty and integrity of the characters and examples of godly living. I liked that Elise embraced her femininity, and the men their masculinity. That’s not something you see too much these days in fiction.

I would like to thank Bethany House Publishers and NetGalley for the opportunity to read a complimentary copy of Waiting on Love by Tracie Peterson. I was under no obligation to give a favorable review.

A new romantic, historical fiction from Tracie Peterson. This one is based on a schooner in the Great Lakes. I enjoyed the ship setting and the love story was sweet. Some of the secondary characters could have been more developed, with more details added to create more depth to them. A fun, easy read.

Thanks to #netgalley for a free copy of #WaitingOnLove in exchange for an honest review.

This is the third story titled “Waiting on Love” in Peterson’s “Ladies of the Lake” Great Lakes series. I love reading about ships on the seas and all the storms and perils that befall them. In this book it’s a schooner on the great Lakes. Still there is danger and perils, even a murderer on board. Peterson combines romance with shipwrecks, murder, deck brawls and learning to forgive. I love how she weaves scripture and faith in God through out the story. There are family disagreements for the two daughters of the captain of the Mary Elise and much heartbreak. Elise promised her dying mother that she would always take care of her daddy. Therefore as the cook on his ship she never gave marriage another thought, that is until a handsome ex-captain was hired on as first mate. You will love the thrills and dangers and also the love and faith in God that unfolds in this interesting book…..Thanks to the publisher for an e-copy via NetGalley.

Waiting on Love is the third book of Tracie Peterson's latest series. I read the first one but somehow missed the second one. I'll have to find time to go back and read the second one, Forever My Own, since I really enjoyed the first and last. They read as stand-alones which is nice.

It was great to go back to Duluth, Minnesota in 1872 and this time we meet Elise who cooks and works on her father's ship, the Mary Elise, and Nick Clark who is hired on as first mate. There is adventure, romance and mystery. I found it to be quite an engaging story and was rooting for this couple.

Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review. All opinions are my own.

Published 5 October 2021.

Waiting on Love
by Tracie Peterson
Pub Date: October 5, 2021
Bethany House Publishers
Ladies of the Lake #3

"Waiting on Love" is set in 1872 on the Great Lakes. This book is the third in a series, but it's basically a stand-alone. Historical details about life on a freight ship and the development of the Great Lakes area were woven into the story and provided a distinct sense of time and place.
Traci Peterson is a wonderful author and I have read or recommended nearly all of her books. One complaint on this one though: Duran was a completely horrid character and I didn't quite buy into Captain Wright's reason to keep giving him "second" chances when it was obvious he didn't want them.
Overall, great book I will recommend.
Thanks to Bethany House and Netgalley for the ARC.
5 STars

Enjoyable story! Loved learning about sailing the great lakes when the shipping industry carried supplies back and forth. I loved Elise, her compassion and love for her family and the crew was touching. I loved the emphasis on faith. Recommended!

"Waiting on Love" is set in 1872 on the Great Lakes. This book is the third in a series, but it's basically a stand-alone. Historical details about life on a freight ship and the development of the Great Lakes area were woven into the story and provided a distinct sense of time and place. The main characters were complex and grew throughout the story. Elise and Nick spent time together and got to know each other. They shared interests, especially their love of life on ship. Elise, her father, and Nick looked to God for peace during danger and studied the Bible. The father's belief in God's power to transform people was why he gave a trouble-maker a position on his boat. There was no sex or bad language. Overall, I'd recommend this enjoyable historical romance.

That said, I felt like they didn't react realistically to this trouble-maker. At first, yes, but when it's clear that he's violent and hates everyone on the crew, and Elise suspects that he might have committed murder? Just seems odd and like they didn't take the danger seriously.

The author had me turning the pages for answers, a lot of action here, both on the water and on land. We get to travel the Great Lakes on a freighter, leaving out of Oswego, NY one Lake Ontario, with travels to Chicago and Duluth, where they own a small home.

We are given a young woman, Elise Wright, with a big heart, and them a young man, Nick Clark, who carries a big weight on his heart. Could there be a relationship between theses two? Would either or both want to spend their lives on the water?

I loved the deep faith of all of the main characters, and how they went about living their faith. We are given a lot in this story and greed rears its nasty head many times here. There is some sweet romance, and a bit of forgiveness.

This is the third book in this series, but it can be read alone.

I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Bethany House, and was not required to give a positive review.