Finders Keepers

Author: Sarah Monzon
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Three lives. Three hundred years. One ship that ties them together.

Florida, Present Day

Summer Arnet will go anywhere to capture the perfect shot that will get her marine photography noticed by the prestigious nature magazine, Our World—even diving in waters haunted by great white sharks. When a treasure hunter with a ladies’-man reputation approaches her about a sunken ship at one of her dive locations, it may be the chance she’s been looking for to launch her career…if his charming smile doesn’t derail her first.

A past tragedy has left a hole in Trent Carrington’s life—a hole he’s tried to fill with women, money, and adventure. Could the feisty marine photographer be the missing piece, or will Trent finally accept that the treasure he seeks can’t be found where rust and moths destroy?

Spain, 1689

The same evil that stole her mother’s life stalks Isabella Castellano. Afraid for her safety, Isabella disguises herself as a cabin boy and hires on to one of His Majesty’s treasure fleet vessels. But has her flight from a known threat only led her to be ensnared in a sea of dangers?

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Reviewer: Rebecca Maney

"I'm a treasure hunter . . . . . it's my job to find precious things."

You would think those words would penetrate any girl's speculative heart, but the handsome, flirty treasure hunter with the cavalier attitude was just so . . . . . . daring? Self-confident? Dare she admit . . appealing? Marine photographer Summer Arnet isn't easily fooled and there is something about Trent Carrington and his eagerness to explore a recent dive location for sunken treasure that just doesn't ring true.

Centuries Earlier - a young Spanish woman has made a brave decision as she boards Captain Montoya's galleon, the "Santa Rosa" as a newbie sailor, carefully hiding her gender in order to escape her abusive stepfather. She has nothing of value except her grandmother's pendant, an heirloom of great value which Isabella has carefully tucked within her clothing, knowing that she will have no means to start her life over in the New World without it.

Monzon deftly weaves these two time lines together towards a climatic intersection, allowing Summer and Trent the opportunity to discover the significance of an everlasting treasure that can never be destroyed. Yes, "there is always a story".

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