Ava
arrives in St. Barts wanting to know why her brother sailed into the hurricane that caused
his death. Twenty-one men were lost when the
ship sunk and Ava is determined to find out what happened.
A lawyer-shark is trying to talk all of the families into suing the owner of
the pleasure ships, Dane Erickson, for millions of dollars, but when she over hears part
of a conversation regarding how much money was lost on the ship, she informs Dane and they
dig for answers.
Genevieve
works for Dane and has loved him for years and although she is angry and jealous of
any relationships he has, she hasn’t been able to give up trying to lure him to her
side . In her
anger she is up to her neck in trouble having gotten involved with some bad people and now
fears for her life.
Ava
becomes friends with Cassie who was engaged to her brother and is pregnant with his child. Cassie is a friendly outgoing woman who, although
heartbroken over the loss of her fiancé, is happy to be having his child. Ava’s parents own an Italian restaurant in
the states so when she finds that the famous chef, Arnot, is working for the cruise line,
she is thrilled to meet him. She
happily works with him and the other workers in the galley.
Ava and Dane are attracted to each other but Ava is still not sure if he
caused the accident with the ship by sending it into the hurricane. She meets with the towns' people to find out
how they have been treated and starts hearing rumors of drug running. Things heat up between them as they get closer to
the truth and find out what is really happening in the tropical paradise.
TROPICAL GETAWAY is a debut book for Roxanne St.
Claire but you would never know it. The book is well written and the momentum flows well
throughout the story. The secondary characters are believable and the hero and heroine are
appealing. Ava is a take-charge woman but meets her match with the handsome and charming
Dane. There is lots of action and romance with more stories following of Bon Voyage
romances from Pocket Star.
Reviewed by Marilyn Heyman for The Road to Romance
February 15, 2003
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