Dave Dentel has been in love with sleuthing heroines since the first time he scrabbled up a stunted tree clutching a borrowed copy of Nancy Drew. He’s especially drawn to romantic suspense that gives equal scope to the female protagonist. He has an English degree from a school in Texas where they mostly speak Spanish, an amazing wife, and too many cats. AMAZON AUTHOR PAGE

She took the job to escape her father. She didn’t expect to stumble into a conspiracy.

Liberty Adams has always played by the rules—her father’s rules. But at twenty-five, she’s done. When a secretive tutoring position lands her aboard a luxury yacht with a wealthy, wounded family, Libby sees a chance to finally chart her own course.

The Yellen family looks perfect from the outside. Steve, a tech visionary. Monica, graceful despite a mysterious illness. Two kids desperate for attention. And Brock, the handsome young captain with a smile that hides too many secrets.

Libby is good at her job. The kids are blooming. Monica is improving. But beneath the sun-drenched decks, something is very wrong.

Steve has created AI software powerful enough to reshape the internet—and his partner wants to sell it to the highest bidder, including foreign governments. When Monica is poisoned, Libby suspects the danger is closer than anyone realizes. Then a dead man turns up aboard, and a stolen thumb drive points to treason.

Suddenly Libby is no longer just a nanny.

Chased through Bahamian harbors, ambushed in a clifftop fortress during a thunderstorm, and falling for a man who isn’t who he claims to be, Libby must decide how much she’s willing to risk—for the family she’s come to love, and for a truth that someone is willing to kill to keep buried.

Some voyages change everything. This one might cost her life. AMAZON