With the hustle of Miami to the north and the bustle of Key West to the south, the islands in the middle of the Florida Keys sit in contrasting ambiguity and anonymity. This is changing, however, as progress creeps from each direction like a gathering Atlantic storm. In the very eye of this hurricane sits a bar called The Sombrero Beach Club. Its owner, an old ballplayer, and a beautiful new resident, a formerly disgraced DC attorney, investigate what is happening and who might be pulling the strings. The mystery takes them back over thirty years while drawing them closer in the process, but are they maybe working on opposite sides? Events spiral out of control as they race the clock to preserve the innocence of the Middle Keys. They discover things are never what they appear on the surface. But just who is playing who? And more importantly, why?

Be wary of what you find on the beach. For bar owner Ross Gaines, that just so happens to be the beautiful Tyler Scott, a formerly disgraced DC attorney who recently found her way to sleepy Marathon Key. Yet with the hustle of Miami to the north and the bustle of Key West to the south, life on the islands in the middle of the Florida keys is changing, as progress has begun creeping from each direction like a slow moving Atlantic storm. In the cross-hairs of this gathering hurricane sits Ross� bar, The Sombrero beach Club. But it seems to be more than merely progress putting the squeeze on the business, but who and more importantly why? It falls then to Ross and Tyler to investigate what may be at play. The mystery takes them back over thirty years to a time of innocence, a time when travelers paid little attention to Marathon, seeing it as just another in the long chain of islands holding up the Overseas Highway. Their search will draw the two together, while what they learn may tear them apart. Are they working together, or from opposite sides? And just who is playing who, and to what end? But someone has planted a time bomb back then. It is getting ready to detonate the bar and all associated with it, and those who set it will stop at nothing to ensure it goes BOOM. The clock is ticking�

Kitt Morgan's hope of a singing career dies after a botched surgery. Moving forward she earns a job on her Iowa town's police force trying for a law enforcement career like her father's. While on suspension for shooting an unarmed criminal Kitt visits her sister at her Key West B&B. Here she becomes embroiled in the murder investigation of Abra Barrie a former B&B guest. While Kitt tries to find the murderer the Iowa grand jury declares her shooting of the criminal an act of self-defense. She's free to return to her police job. But does she want to? Big questions remain in Key West. Who is the killer? Is Kitt next on his list?"

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