The King of Someplace Hot
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McCrea, A. J., PUBLISHER: Authorhouse, In a land without law, how far do you go to protect <str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g> innocent? <str<strong>onstrong>g>Thestr<strong>onstrong>g> year is . <strong>Onstrong> <str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g> remote Caribbean island of St. Stephie a seaplane delivers a tall man clad in a pale linen suit. Paul Summers is fleeing a lifetime of lost battles. Released from his marriage and career he's living out his Jimmy Buffett-inspired dream of escaping to "saint somewhere, sou<str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g>ast of disorder" and hence his arrival at <str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g> Hotel Caribe Billfish Club, a resort as exotic and elegant as it's locati<strong>onstrong> <strong>onstrong> <str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g> distant edge of <str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g> islands. While napping <strong>onstrong> <str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g> sands of a turquoise cove Summers is woken by <str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g> lilting English of Lark Johns<strong>onstrong>, an Oxford-educated marine biologist of African descent, who asks "Why did <str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g>y hurt you?," referring to scars Summers bears. That night <str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g> resort sp<strong>onstrong>sors a grand fiesta. <str<strong>onstrong>g>Thestr<strong>onstrong>g>re Paul is introduced to Nikki Saunders, former supermodel, now owner-operator of Tiki Charters, a diving and big-game fishing <str<strong>onstrong>g>operati<strong>onstrong>str<strong>onstrong>g>, and her sidekick Yolanda "Yoyo" Magana. And <strong>onstrong> a subsequent mo<strong>onstrong>lit night as Summers and Niki initiate <str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g>ir romance <str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g>y discover <str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g> shark-mauled body of Ophelia Johns<strong>onstrong>, 14, sister to Lark. When Summers discovers that sharks were <str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g> least of <str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g> girl's problems, murders begin to bloom like jasmine. What develops is a Force 5 hurricane of political intrigue, corrupti<strong>onstrong> and violent c<strong>onstrong>fr<strong>onstrong>tati<strong>onstrong>. And for Summers to find his "<strong>onstrong>e particular harbor," he must survive <str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g> storm.