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Deb and Chip, a couple honeymooning at a Caribbean resort, meet a marine biologist who claims to have sighted mermaids at a nearby coral reef, and join with other adventurers to protect the mermaids when the resort reveals plans to build a theme park on the reef.
22) The gun ketch
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Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 5
Language
English
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In the Bahamas to protect British merchants from pirates, Alan Lewrie becomes embroiled in a campaign to bring "Calico Jack" Finney to justice.
23) Diver's paradise
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Series
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"After 25 years on the job, Detective Roscoe Conklin trades his badge for a pair of shorts and sandals and moves to Bonaire, a small island nestled in the southern Caribbean. But the warm water, palm trees, and sunsets are derailed when his long-time police-buddy and friend back home is murdered. Conklin dusts off a few markers and calls his old department, trolling for information. It's slow going, but no surprise there; after all, it's an active...
24) Sugar money
Author
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Set in 1765 on the Caribbean islands of Grenada and Martinique, Sugar Money opens as two enslaved brothers - Emile and Lucien - are sent on an impossible mission forced upon them by their masters, a band of mendicant French monks.
26) Midnight robber
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
It's Carnival time and the Caribbean-colonized planet of Toussaint is celebrating. To young Tan-Tan, the Robber Queen is simply a favorite costume to wear at the festival--until her power-corrupted father commits an unforgivable crime.
27) The reef
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Underwater diver Matthew Lassiter and Tate Beaumont, a student of marine archeology, search shipwrecks for a 16th century necklace. Together they brave danger--the necklace was cursed by its owner, a witch burned at the stake--and danger leads to love.
28) Facing the sun
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Told from multiple viewpoints, follows teenaged friends Nia, KeeKee, Faith, and Eve as they experience unexpected life changes the summer a hotel developer purchases their Caribbean community's beloved beach.
Author
Publisher
Mills & Boon
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"This is crazy! You're my potential client!" But can Ellie ignore Niccolo's scandalous suggestion? Strait-laced Ellie Wilson only has eyes for her job ... until she meets outrageously gorgeous Niccolo Rossi and is persuaded to step out of her comfort zone! When they jet off to his deluxe Caribbean resort Ellie's advertising pitch suddenly involves her playing girlfriend to this notorious playboy. But soon seduction may be the only item on Niccolo's...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The Cooke and Hood families have been at each other's throats since the Spanish Main days. The latest chapter in their piratic rivalry takes place in 2004, when an old treasure map turns up. None of this seems to matter to Morgan Cooke, a cowardly, landlubbing accountant entirely ignorant of his heritage until his estranged father, Isaac, in need of crewmen, kidnaps him and thrusts him into the fray. When Morgan wakes up on a boat in the middle of...
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Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Libby Miller has always been an unwavering optimist-but when her husband drops a bomb on their marriage the same day a doctor delivers devastating news, she realizes her rose-colored glasses have actually been blinding her. With nothing left to lose, she abandons her life in Chicago for the clear waters and bright beaches of the Caribbean for what might be her last hurrah. Despite her new sunny locale, her plans go awry when she finds that she can't...
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Series
Nicholas Fallon sea novels volume 1
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
"Nicholas Fallon is captain of the schooner Sea Dog, a privateer that is fast, beautiful and deadly. Unbound by Royal Navy tradition, Fallon enjoys total independence in where he goes, how he fights, and whom he takes as crew. A woman -- Beauty McFarland -- is his first lieutenant. It's 1796, and Sea Dog's owner, Ezra Somers, employs Fallon to protect his Caribbean salt trade from French privateers and pirates. Wicked Jak Clayton is especially ruthless....
Publisher
Akashic Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"To travel through the 19 works of poetry and prose in this remarkable anthology is to experience Trinidad and Tobago through a kaleidoscopic lens. The writings are grouped into four historically significant periods ("Leaving Colonialism," "Facing Independence," "Looking In," and "Losing Control"). It's an effective construct; the reader experiences island culture and history as a part of its time, formed by a pastiche of nationality, culture, and...
34) Havana Storm
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 23
Language
English
Description
"While investigating a toxic outbreak in the Caribbean Sea that may ultimately threaten the United States, Pitt unwittingly becomes involved in something even more dangerous--a post-Castro power struggle for the control of Cuba. Meanwhile, Pitt's children, marine engineer Dirk and oceanographer Summer, are on an investigation of their own, chasing an Aztec stone that may reveal the whereabouts of a vast historical Aztec treasure. The problem is, that...
36) La isla
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
Español
Description
A young girl and her grandmother take an imaginary journey to the Caribbean island where her mother grew up and where some of her family still lives.
37) The siren
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"In the midst of a sizzling hot summer, some of Hollywood's most notorious faces are assembled on the idyllic Caribbean island of St. Genesius to film The Siren. Written and directed by Cole Power's son, the thriller promises to entice audiences with its sultry storyline and intimately connected cast. Three very different women arrive on set, each with her own motive. Stella, an infamously unstable actress, is struggling to reclaim the career she...
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