If you enjoy the works of Ethel M. Dell then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. Ethel Dell began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. âThe Tidal Wave and Other Storiesâ collection includes the following short stories: âThe Tidal Waveâ, âThe Magic Circleâ, âThe Looker-Onâ, âThe Second Fiddleâ, âThe Woman of His Dreamsâ, âThe Return Gameâ. âThe Tidal Waveâ is a very sweet love story with excitement and twists and turns, full of surprises and poignant moments. All the other stories are love stories and are very well written in the classic style of an old-fashioned inspirational love story and have surprises.