Straight Through the Heart by Lyn Stone

Author:Lyn Stone [Stone, Lyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, General, Suspense
ISBN: 9781426863080
Google: LkcUQHHRhB4C
Amazon: B003M69RLC
Publisher: Silhouette Intimate Moments
Published: 2010-05-23T16:00:00+00:00

The afternoon proved pleasant, considering the circumstances. No one other than Quince seemed to know exactly what those circumstances were. What was his plan?

Dawn noticed that the Angeline was nowhere in sight as they left the island. There were eight in all aboard the Diana, including Eric, herself, Quince, Carlotta, Sean, Minos, the Greek captain Helos at the wheel and a young fellow called Paulo who remained below unless he was serving drinks. Everyone else lounged topside.

Dawn relaxed in the sun beneath a wide-brimmed hat Quince had offered her from the salon below. They sped out across the Aegean, ventured very near the coast of Turkey and then trolled the deeper waters for the marlin Quince said they were after.

Carlotta grumbled periodically, her voice nearly as harsh as the prominent bones of her face and the slicked-back hairstyle that made her ebony hair shine with cold blue light.

Minos remained silent and avoided the others as much as possible, biding his time until the expedition was over, Dawn supposed.

Sean McCoy, on the other hand, threw himself into the expedition with gusto. But it was Eric who snagged the fish.

They were off then, giving the marlin its head while Eric’s rod bent under pressure and the tendons in his bared forearms accepted the strain. His delighted grin looked genuine, his euphoria was contagious.

Dawn felt mesmerized by the sight of him locked in an elemental struggle with a creature easily triple his size and weight.

Quince hovered, offering sage advice, his gaze never leaving the prey. Periodically it would jump clear of the water, writhing with strength and grace, then splash down again and tear forward, still firmly hooked. It seemed a shame to catch and kill this beautiful denizen of the deep, but Dawn felt the excitement anyway. A paradox, for sure.

When the fish tired, Quince shouted for the others to come and help bring it aboard. Carlotta approached, wearing a cat’s smile as if she planned to devour the thing then and there. Sean hopped around like a seasoned deck hand used to such chores. Minos was conspicuously absent.

As soon as they had secured the fish and everyone remarked on its size and power, Eric glanced around the deck. “Where is the African?”

Quince shrugged. “Probably below with Paulo.”

But he was not. Paulo appeared with cold drinks and declared he had not seen Minos. A search of the entire boat turned up no sign of the big man from Tanzania. As the old gangsters used to say about their victims who were disposed of in the water, Dawn would bet he was sleeping with the fishes.

“Perhaps he fell overboard! We should go back for him!” Dawn said, stating the obvious to see what sort of reaction she’d get. They all looked at her as if she were the token imbecile.

“Back where precisely?” Carlotta asked wryly. “I say good riddance.”

Sean’s quick gaze glanced off each of them, but he said nothing.

“Shouldn’t you call for a search?” Dawn asked Quince, wide-eyed.

Eric’s arm slid around her and drew her close.

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