“The ocean swallows the bones … “

From the first time Will Cullen hears the phrase, he can’t get it out of his head. On a Caribbean cruise with a wife he is unable to satisfy, Will notices the wandering eyes of other men coveting Tabby’s body … and gets an idea.

“The ocean swallows the bones …” Does it mean that the ocean is a place to drown your secrets? Will definitely has some of those. As he comes to terms with the truth behind his failing marriage, he reasons it might be possible to facilitate one passionate evening for Tabby while keeping his own hands clean … and his secrets safe.

But on the open sea, everyone is both predator and prey. As Will takes a new friend into his confidence and sets his course, he may have to face the ultimate truth about himself: What kind of man he is, and where exactly that puts him on the food chain.

Because there’s someone on board who’s interested in more than a tropical tryst. Someone looking not just for a beautiful woman, but a beautiful woman on the arm of a weak man. Such men are what he lives for. Such men deserve to watch as their women are taken away. Such men are due for soul-crushing debasement.

If Will lets his wife fall into the arms of such a monster, the reckoning is going to be fast … vicious …

Brutal.

Can Will weather the storm? Are there blue skies on the other side? Or are some trenches in the blue sea too dark and deep to ever escape?

Set sail in this short novel (47,000 words) of humiliation on the high seas.