A murder victim's wife is forced to become the detective after the police close the case as an accidental shooting. Caro Weston returns to Key West from her New York home, determined to find evidence, but before she can act, a dark foreigner abducts her, taking her to an obscure, uninhabited island. The man, seductive Collin Sanders, attempts to convince her he is not the killer, beguiling Caro with his gentleness and show of sincerity. She finds herself reluctantly falling in love with Sanders--until a discovery at Death Key sends her trust reeling..

Words to a writer are as exotic as spices to a gourmet cook. Writers savor the feel of the perfect verb. Writers work and rework sentences and paragraphs until each word feels right as it rolls off the tongue or the pen (or the computer). Consider yourself invited to turn the page and meet the writers who are about to entertain you. You will know them as they lead you on their adventures. They will coax you to remember a crazy character, will perhaps make you cry. And, just maybe, as they draw your rapt at-tention with their short stories, essays, and poetry, you will realize, "Hey, I think I...