Read Merciless Charity: A Charity Styles Novel (Caribbean Thriller Series Book 1) Online
Authors: Wayne Stinnett
Merciless Charity: A Charity Styles Novel (Caribbean Thriller Series Book 1) (24 page)
As the sailboat grew nearer, Juan watched as the sails disappeared, drawn into their furlers. The sailboat slowed and Juan walked out to the foredeck, standing bare-chested, with his hands on his hips.
At the last second, the big sailboat turned. The engine reversed, bringing the boat to a stop with the cockpit just a few feet away from the pilings. Juan smiled as the beautiful woman stood up at the helm, smiling back.
“Do you have any fish to sell?” she asked.
“I am afraid not,
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orita
,” Juan said. “I just sold my catch a few minutes ago.”
“Did they ever find out what happened to that robber?”
“Yes, they did. I witnessed the fight myself. The police think it was a gang of drug smugglers.”
“I’m sorry for leaving like that, Juan.”
“I understand. Will you be staying long?”
“Depends on whether I can find a slip.”
Juan looked at the empty berth next to his boat, where he had once had a second fishing boat. “I own both slips,
se
ñ
orita
.”
“Then I would say it depends on the fishing.”
“And the dancing,” Juan replied as Gabriela Ortiz backed her
Wind Dancer
into the slip.
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Merciless Charity Caribbean Thriller:
Merciless Charity
Ruthless Charity (Due in Winter, 2016)
Heartless Charity (Due in Fall, 2016)
Jesse McDermitt Caribbean Adventure:
Fallen Tide (Due in November, 2015)
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ne of my favorite writers, Randy Wayne White, started a spinoff series to his fantastic Doc Ford novels a little over a year ago. His new series has a female main character, and he made it look easy and effortless. Believe me, it’s anything but. Even writing in an omniscient third-person point of view, getting inside Charity’s head wasn’t easy. I hope I’ve done half as well as Randy.
I’d dreamed most of my life about being a novelist. Growing up on the east coast of Florida, I cut my teeth on the works of Ernest Hemingway and John D. MacDonald, then, as a young man, James W. Hall, Carl Hiaasen, and Randy Wayne White, among others. My writing style and characters are a direct reflection of the musings of these and many more great authors.
