Here’s a preview of Book Three of my Island series of romantic suspense novels – “Stowaway on the Island,” poised for launch in the spring of 2022:
Judge Luisa Alverez sees beyond her wealthy Latin American roots and strives to help Venezuela live by the rule of law. But robber-baron Hector Pardo knows how to deal with a judge who can’t be bought. When bent police attack her doorman and chase her into the dark night, she flees in desperation to the nearby harbor and hides aboard a small sloop.
The next morning, she awakens far out at sea and demands that the ship’s captain take her to the nearest land. Eduardo Garcia, with his crew, is sailing toward a regatta near the tiny Virgin Island of St. Mark and refuses to change course.
Needing to be put ashore at a safe port, Luisa decides she must gain the crew’s respect if she wants their help. She learns about sails, jibes, and spinnakers from the ship’s crew and pitches in whenever asked. But the arrogant Eduardo is used to having his own way. Too handsome for his own good and transparently confident with those darn brown eyes and knee-watering smiles – he will be much harder to win over. Does the man even have a romantic side? She hopes so, because he’s stealing her heart all the way across the Caribbean.