A Novel Romance - eBook

"Paradise was supposed to be safe. Until the storm trapped them with the wrong people."

She came to paradise to escape her life. Instead, she walked straight into a war.

Barbara Jenkins lives by rules. Deadlines, responsibility, and careful decisions have always kept her life in perfect order. Her best friend Terri lives by none of them.

When the two women travel to a luxury Caribbean resort for a much-needed vacation, Barbara expects sunshine, ocean breezes, and five quiet days away from the chaos of Chicago. Instead, she finds herself drawn into a dangerous game she never saw coming.

The resort bartender—Jerry Nolan—is not who he appears to be. Quiet, watchful, and carrying the calm confidence of a man who has survived violence before, Jerry sees the world very differently than the tourists around him. While vacationers drink by the pool and chase temporary thrills, he watches the shadows. Because he knows something most of them don't. Paradise is a hunting ground.

When a powerful hurricane traps the guests on the island, the illusion of luxury shatters. The storm cuts off the resort from the outside world—phones fail, roads flood, and panic spreads through the guests. And in the chaos that follows, predators begin to move. Cartel operatives. Human traffickers. Men who see frightened tourists not as people—but as assets.

Barbara suddenly finds herself pulled into a desperate race for survival alongside the one man who understands the danger closing in around them. Jerry.

As the storm rages and the island becomes a battlefield, the two unlikely allies must fight their way through lies, betrayal, and a criminal network far more powerful than either of them imagined.