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For a decade Liz Palmer has built her life around the colorful waters of Cozumel, running the island’s most respected Black Coral Dive Shop in peace. A sudden visit from Jerry Sharpe, the new diving instructor she hired, places her livelihood under a shadow when he disappears, found dead three weeks later. The investigation turns personal when his twin brother, Jonas Sharpe, enters Liz’s orderly life. Grief turns into a burning desire for justice, dragging them both into the world of drug smugglers and forcing Liz to confront her own secrets, love, and the danger that follows revenge.
First publish date: 1970
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Nora Roberts
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