Caribbean dive guide Gage Hoase woos and wins a beautiful dive guest, then sends her packing. All is good until Gabi returns, with happily-ever-after in mind. Now Gage has to figure a way to let her down gently before she offs him in his sleep.A Tale From Blacktip Island by award-nominated novelist Tim W. JacksonAndrew and Steven were two troubled teenagers. Outcasts from their family, their classmates, and most of the support groups that are available for kids their age; they endured a very lonely existence. Their world changed when each was sentenced to a boy's reformatory by juvenile courts in different areas of the state. After a short stay at the reform school they were transferred to a diagnostic center where they enjoyed a certain amount of freedom.They attended school there and participated in the periodic social events that were designed help the kids develop interpersonal relationship skills. The Center could not provide the therapy that the boys provided each other.The day Andrew and Steven met, their worlds became one. They had the opportunity to shine and they did, together they were like the brightest star in the sky. But would their star burn out and go dark, or would it become a supernova?

Cal's a hapless watchmaker. Marina's a beautiful scuba instructor. They were friends as kids. Now, not so much. Together they'll solve the secret of Rosalita Flats. If the sharks don't get them first.The Secret of Rosalita Flats is the story of a man trying to unload the football-shaped house he inherited, while dodging the backwater Blacktip Island's quirky collection of con artists, smugglers and other ne'er-do-wells: an ornery housekeeper who refuses to be fired, a rum-soaked attorney with his own agenda, a chair-wielding resort manager who thinks he's an avenging angel, and a self-styled psychic who may be able to see the future. There's also a mysterious someone—or something—trying to scare Cal off the island. Cal has to figure out what his old man was mixed up in, fast, if he's to sell the house and get off the crazy little rock alive.Written with Hiaasen-esque humor, The Secret of Rosalita Flats is a beguiling mystery for anyone who's ever...