Stef is new in Stillwater. She's running away from something or herself or both (what that is we slowly get to know as the novel goes on). She's bought a houseboat to live on, only problem, it's currently on land and in disrepair. She also has Deuce, a Golden Retriever. He's not why she meets Jackie, who's the Vet in town, but, he's definitely why Jackie starts thinking that maybe Stef isn't just a bitch with a chip on her shoulder.

They slowly get closer and closer, but, Stef doesn't just have baggage, she has a whole baggage claim (and rightly so), and so there are some hurdles in her and Jackie's journey towards each other.

I liked the secondary characters a lot (Well, maybe not Niko's bad jokes). And I also very much liked how we were introduced to who's related to whom at the beginning of the novel. It was subtle and cool.

It wasn't a flashy novel, although it did have a momentary mystery which was cool. A fun novel. ( )

I very much enjoyed this book and would enjoy a series surrounding these characters. While I see why the book ended where it did, I could also see it being a longer book. ( )

"Spring Tide" nicely fills in the gap between McCoy's light-hearted "Not Every River" and her more intense works, like "For Me and My Gal." Overall, it's a humorous and uplifting story of a big city cop slaying her demons and unexpectedly finding love with a small town veterinarian. ( )