At 17, Kate Donnelly left the Caribbean island of St. Vincent after her parents died in a tragic diving accident. Her brother and grandfather still run the family underwater salvage business on the island. When her brother insists on her expertise with the financial books, Kate resolves to face what she's been running from for 15 years. Her job is to advise small businesses on how to operate profitably, so she can't refuse to help her own family business stay afloat. But the treasure-retrieval contract her brother has recently signed with a British company leaves little room for a gainful outcome.
Holden Cameron is the British company's representative with the power to shut down the entire diving operation if it doesn't show positive results with the items recovered from the ocean bottom. From the moment Holden and Kate meet, they both fight a strong sexual attraction. Succumbing to the temptation of an affair with Kate could be disastrous if Holden has to close down the dive. But the close proximity of sharing a small rental cottage and the tight confines of the dive ship means sex is constantly on their minds. It doesn't take long before they willingly surrender to the hot, steamy passion.
With divers continually quitting and even disappearing, the disparity Holden finds in the diving schedules and in the amount of treasure being located and retrieved has him convinced there's a very greedy thief involved in the operation. But finding out who the culprit is puts both Holden and Kate in serious danger.
Much-admired author Elizabeth Lowell gives her fans another rousing romantic suspense adventure in NIGHT DIVER. Passions run high in the beautiful island locale, while the underwater treasure-hunting plot device is fully developed and exciting.
New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Lowell plunges
into the adventurous and deadly world of underwater treasure
hunters in a heart-stopping tale that superbly combines
atmosphere, action, romance, and suspense.
After a family tragedy, Kate Donnelly left the Caribbean
behind forever. But a series of bad management decisions has
left her family's diving and marine recovery business
drowning in red ink. Now her brother pleads with her to come
back to the island nation of St Vincent. Without Kate's
financial expertise, the iconic treasure-hunting enterprise
started by her grandfather will go under. Unable to say no
to the little family she has left, Kate heads back to the
beautiful and terrifying ocean that still haunts her nightmares.
Holden Cameron was addicted to the adrenaline rush of active
dutyβincluding narrowly surviving an underwater explosives
accident. The last thing the former British military diver
wants is to babysit a family of thieves on a tropical
islandβeven if they are the world-famous Diving Donnellys.
But in his new civilian job, Holden must investigate the
suspicious activity surrounding a Donnelly dive to recover
treasure from the ancient wreck of a pirate ship.
When equipment, treasure, and even divers begin to
disappear, Kate and Holden form an uneasy alliance to
uncover the truth. But the deeper they plummet into the
mystery, the closer they come to each other. Soon they are
sharing their deepest fears and darkest secretsβand a
combustible chemistry too hot to ignore.
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