She’s got nowhere left to run
After a year of searching, ex-marine turned private eye Tack Reeves has finally located Cate Allen. She’s traded in her high heels for flip-flops but Tack would recognize the stunning beauty anywhere. He just needs proof. Posing as a tourist at her Caribbean resort is the perfect cover. Except that the closer Tack gets to Cate, the less his case makes sense...and their intense attraction is only fueling the confusion. When he learns that the mom and her four-year-old son are hiding from her abusive ex, he vows to protect them. But Cate may not let him when she learns why he’s on the island...
“Cate. Cate Dalton, St. Anthony’s Resort,” she said, not missing a beat.
The lie came out of her mouth smooth as silk.
Cate. The woman hadn’t even changed her first name. Now it all seemed so obvious, but before, when he’d been rummaging through hundreds of records, he never would’ve guessed she’d done something so careless. Everything else, every bit of her trail, had been so carefully scrubbed. She’d left hardly any clues. But she’d kept her first name.
He wanted to know why.
A tiny little scar barely the length of a nickel ran across her chin. It hadn’t been in the photographs he’d pored over, and he wondered what it was from.
“We spoke on the phone,” she said. “This is your first time to the Caribbean?”
“That’s right.”
He could lie, too. No need to tell her he’d been hopping from island to island for the last four months, on one goose chase after another, starting to wonder if he needed to rethink his new career as a private eye.
I’m excited to share with you my new book, Shelter in the Tropics, a story about two people running from their pasts and desperately hoping for a fresh start. It takes place on a Caribbean island I created, St. Anthony’s, after the patron saint of lost things.
I loved the idea of a place where people who might be lost in different ways come to find themselves—and each other. This is the first story I wrote on this island, and I hope it won’t be the last!
Cate has fled an abusive relationship with her child, hoping to hide from her very powerful and very rich ex-husband, who will stop at nothing to get her and his son back. Tack Reeves, riddled by guilt from his service in Afghanistan and haunted by a dishonorable discharge, is a private eye hired by Cate’s ex.
Except Tack discovers very quickly that his own redemption might come by protecting Cate from the man who wants to destroy her.
Together, Cate and Tack must learn to face the demons of their pasts and move on. Together, they’ll find the strength to do it on this very special island.
I think life can be complicated and we all deserve second chances. Sometimes, the hardest thing to do is to forgive ourselves for mistakes we’ve made, but with love and patience, I believe we can do it. I hope you enjoy this book and St. Anthony’s Island.
Here’s to the restorative power of Caribbean sunshine, love and forgiveness!
All my best,
Cara
Shelter in the Tropics
Cara Lockwood
CARA LOCKWOOD is the USA TODAY bestselling author of more than fourteen books, including I Do (But I Don’t), which was made into a Lifetime Original Movie. She’s written the Bard Academy series for young adults and has had her work translated into several languages around the world. Born and raised in Dallas, Cara now lives near Chicago with her two wonderful daughters. Find out more about her at caralockwood.com, friend her on Facebook, www.Facebook.com/authorcaralockwood, or follow her on Twitter, @caralockwood.
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