First, I did like this book, especially for a debut, and I'll read another sometime. I really liked the Florida setting and the fact the story revolves around boats and the ocean. Living in Midwest I don't see a whole lot of ocean and the author's descriptions of life on the coast and a hero who works as a ship's captain is new and refreshing. The main quibble I have, and the reason I only gave it four stars, is that the heroin gets captured or kidnapped or held five times! Jeeez. In many suspense thrillers the main character gets captured and escapes once, sometimes twice, but five times is really pushing it. It makes her seems like such a sap. Since this is her first adventure I hope she learns from her mistakes and the author turns it down a couple of notches in the subsequent novels.