What could go wrong in paradise? In a bid to leave her problems behind, disgraced and recently unemployed ex graduate student Danielle Taylor is taking a hiatus from life working on a luxe Caribbean cruise liner. However a combustible mix of ambition, intrigue and a loose end from her past threaten to turn her fantasy escape into a floating inferno.

I am a lifelong avid reader and devotee of fiction, but this is my fi rst fi nished novel. I live in a small northeastern town with my family where I enjoy, among other things, dancing, gardening, being my kids sideline cheerleader, and fantasizing about deluxe vacations.