Oceanographer Mellis Nemid lives an isolated life on a secluded island in the Caribbean, with two dolphins for company. After her foster father, Phil Lontana, is killed while seeking funds to aid in his endeavor to discover Marinth, a legendary city under the sea, Mellis becomes the target of Hugh Archer, a perverted madman, who believes Mellis holds information to the whereabouts of Marinth. Archer will stop at nothing to get to Mellis, including killing her good friend and psychologist, Carolyn Mulan, to learn more about Mellis's tragic childhood in hopes of using this information to force Mellis to help him.

To Mellis's rescue comes rich playboy, oceanographer Jed Kelby, who agrees to help Mellis seek vengeance against Archer for the death of Mellis's close friend and foster father, in exchange for information about Marinth. With the aid of Mellis's two dolphins, the two explore the ocean floor for signs of Marinth while developing a plan to lure Archer into their net.

As always, Johansen gives her readers plenty of what they want: suspense and romance encompassed within a thrilling novel.

I took this one along to read at the beach. We got caught by a wave and there still might be some sand stuck here and there.

This is one of those stories that requires too much suspension of reality to really be enjoyable. A beach read is about the right place for it.

Reserved for the October Tick-Tock challenge

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