Caribbean Adventure

It's 1804 and the political elite are worried that the level of piracy in the Caribbean is beginning to affect the wealth of the nation. The French, Americans, Dutch, and Spanish are all preying on British merchantmen and the Royal Navy is stretched beyond its limits. Admiral Lord Hood, Head of Naval Intelligence, is asked to help out and sends Marty and his crew in an old Jackass Frigate, The Tempest, disguised as privateers, to infiltrate, disrupt and if possible destroy the pirates in their home bases. Discovering a French Government attempt to coordinate all the pirate groups against ...

Paradise isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be. Few people know this as well as Jesse McDermitt, retired Marine and former government operative. In the aftermath of an intense mission in coastal Mexico, Jesse wants nothing more than to get back to his boat; to just sail away and forget all about the firefight and his warrior past. Jesse is forced to don the warrior’s mask once again. This time to catch a ghoulish killer who is stalking the villages and jungles outside Belize City.

Murder, Intrigue, and Drug Smuggling in the Caribbean… Liz Chirac is accused of murder in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. By the time the police decide she's innocent, somebody's trying to kill her. Liz flees to Martinique to rejoin the charter yacht Vengeance, which she co-owns with Dani Berger. Dani and their charter guest, Connie Barrera, are soon embroiled in the trouble that follows Liz. Who’s trying to kill Liz? Why? Read Bluewater Betrayal and find out. Perfect for fans of thrillers set in the Caribbean. Cruise through the islands with the three women as Dani and Liz teach Connie...

Jesse McDermitt has done it. He has escaped the ugliness so pervasive in modern society, and along with his family and a few close friends, they have set out aboard a boat he designed himself for living long periods totally off the grid. The first couple of months are peaceful, uneventful, and by today's standards, quite boring. But the crew of Taranis have the sun, sea, and quiet coves to explore, where there aren't even any footprints in the sand. Until they reach their destination.

Danger, deception, and buried secrets await in this pulse-pounding collection of three thrilling adventure novels set in the world’s most breathtaking—and treacherous—islands. Book 1: The Honeymooners – Newlywed archaeologists Charlie and Ella Colton stumble upon a priceless Mayan artifact in the Cayman Islands, only to find themselves caught between an antiquities thief, a private collector, and a wealthy seductress who will pay any price to reclaim the treasure. Can they solve the mystery before their honeymoon turns deadly? Book 2: The Tempest – The Samsara Resort and Spa is ...

Gilles Fonteneau, a longtime colleague of the legendary Jacques Cousteau's Calypso team, fulfilled a lifelong dream when in 2001 he launched his own exploration, aboard the 45-foot catamaran Prince de Vendee, into the silent world of the sea. Little did he know when he set out that his efforts to better understand the dynamics of the tectonic plates of the region would have such worldwide significance, as shown by the tsunami disaster of southeast Asia in December 2004.

The Caribbean is the setting for this latest Stephen Masters thriller. The action carries Stephen Masters and Joyce Hurtado from the soft sands of the island of Barbados to the island of Curacao and then to Venezuela and ending in exotic Cuba. As in all of the Stephen Masters spy thrillers it is a complex plot filled with dangerous adventure mixed with humor involving the characters everyone has come to love and enjoy reading about. The story begins with what appears to be a simple assignment. Stephen is in Barbados for a trade conference carrying out his duties as the Secretary of Labor ...

Good intentions sometimes lead to bad outcomes. On a humanitarian trip to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, the author was attacked and injured in a protest. After more than a decade of unpleasant thoughts and the occasional nightmare about the misadventure, a new story has been created out of the memory of the violence the author endured. In Haiti Shanghai, a fascinating and shadowy small group of heroic Hattians keep the island nation from collapsing under the weight of it's own tragedies and corruption. The author gets a front-row seat, and becomes pivotal to the groups efforts. Come re-...

Jesse McDermitt discovers an environmental nightmare of deception and greed taking place in Central America. A cartel is branching into smuggling things other than drugs. And they’re doing it quite effectively. Having so many moving parts and numerous smuggling routes, can Jesse and the crew of Ambrosia, on a dive vacation in the Bay Islands of Honduras, be able to make a difference? Or will the beautiful reef surrounding the island of Utila be Ambrosia’s grave?

Think of a time when you went on vacation and did not plan or research enough on where you would sleep, eat, or explore. There are many options, they are not all good, and you do not have time to eat at crappy restaurants. Matias and Miriam have been in more than one similar situation. They wrote a guide to take you in and around 11 dreamy Caribbean destinations.

Sometimes, you have to get lost to find what you're looking for. When Carmela 'CJ' Jones's love life goes from "I do" to "I don't think so," she swaps wedding bells for seashells and heads to Cocoa Reef Resort for some soul-searching. But instead of finding inner peace, she finds Keston Kips—the infuriatingly handsome mixologist who seems to have a PhD in getting under her skin. Their tropical tango includes a series of hilarious mix-ups, leading them to an unexpected adventure on a deserted island. Stranded with nothing but their wits and a growing attraction they can't ignore, CJ and ...

The second book in the ‘Jacaranda’ trilogy:Jack Vincent and his girlfriend Emma return to England to help British Government Scientists to understand what they had learned by travelling back in time. The cause is known but not understood. It was due to a wartime experiment that failed. They are asked to go back again at the next opportunity to try to recover material from the ship that disappeared.Once again, Jacaranda returns to the past but is almost wrecked in a hurricane and due to a miscalculation, arrives off Guadeloupe in 1794 at the height of the Reign of Terror, which has just ...

Ex-Marine Richard Drake is on the lookout for threats to his high-profile client living on St. Mark, smallest of the US Virgin Islands. His cover as a charter sailboat captain enables him to gather gossip among the US and British islands during lazy days and balmy nights. Richard’s peaceful routine is shattered when a terrified Sophie Cooper arrives on the run and begs him to take her to isolated St. Mark. Richard agrees. She has good reason to be scared – her ex-boyfriend, Cliff Webb. She has overheard one too many party conversations at his Palm Beach mansion, where they lived ...

Award-winning author Mark Kurlansky presents an insider's view of Havana: the elegant, tattered city he has come to know over more than 30 years. Part cultural history, part travelogue, with recipes throughout, Havana celebrates the city's singular music, literature, baseball and food; its five centuries of outstanding neglected architecture; and its extraordinary blend of cultures.

Chris Dombrowski was playing a numbers game: two passions - poetry and fly-fishing; two children, one of them in utero; and an income hovering perilously close to zero. Enter, at this particularly challenging moment, a miraculous email: can't go, it's all paid for, just book a flight to Miami. Thus began a journey that would lead to the Bahamas and to David Pinder, a legendary bonefishing guide.

Dani Berger and Liz Chirac's new charter guest is hiding something. Connie Barrera brought more aboard Vengeance than just her luggage, but they don't know that. Connie's on the run. Connie booked Vengeance under an assumed name to escape the Bahamas. She's not sure who's chasing her, but she knows what they want. She's determined that they won't get it. Connie couldn't have picked better people to fight her corner than Dani and Liz. The three quickly become friends, but Dani and Liz are puzzled by Connie's occasional moments of paranoia. Why is Connie on the run? Who's chasing her as they ...

Rick Waters, part-time detective and wannabe boat captain, embarks on a journey to start a charter business in Destin and track down a lost treasure. A new mystery appears in the form of Emily, an attractive gray-haired woman who claims to have been kidnapped and had her appearance surgically altered. Emily has been accused of murdering her late husband, and she begs for Rick’s help to prove she is innocent. Intrigued by the case, Rick agrees to help her find the truth about what happened to her.

Yachting, Human Trafficking, and Revenge Dani Berger's just been rescued from human traffickers. She has a million-dollar yacht and a gut full of anger. She wants to get even. Dani's former captor, irate at his loss, tries to snatch her again. This gives Dani just the opening she’s looking for. Will the traffickers recapture Dani? Or will Dani have her vengeance? Read Bluewater Vengeance and find out. Perfect for fans of thrillers set in the Caribbean. Bluewater Vengeance is the second novel in the trilogy that begins the Bluewater Thriller series. Bluewater Voodoo completes the trilogy. ...

Before the Black Pearl, there was a teenage stowaway named Jack Sparrow …

The Windward and Leeward Islands of the Caribbean. Playground to the rich. However, there is something very unusual out to the west. The locals know but seldom talk about it. Jack Vincent and his superyacht ‘Jacaranda’ stumble on the secret and he and his crew learn the truth. They rescue a man from the past and attempt to take him home, over two hundred years back in time. Set in the present day and the time of Nelson, ‘Jacaranda’ mixes these two worlds in an adventure story that reaches its climax just as one of the Caribbean’s worst natural disasters occurs. But what would you ...