Millie Dunbrook-a young and unproven private investigator badly in need of steady work-has been hired to perform some exploration into a few strange yet minor incidents aboard a Caribbean cruise liner. Jack Hauser-a man still stinging from the recent departure of his wife and daughter-is simply another passenger trying to enjoy a relaxing cruise while searching for some personal answers in hope of finding new meaning to his life. Two other passengers have a completely different agenda, however. Neither Millie nor Jack, in their wildest dreams or nightmares, ever expected this cruise to be the ultimate target of an improbable plot, devised to completely destroy the boat and everyone aboard if the ransom demands aren't met. What results is an amazing nautical game of terror as the ship and passengers sail unknowingly toward an approaching death.

Millie Dunbrook-a young and unproven private investigator badly in need of steady work-has been hired to perform some exploration into a few strange yet minor incidents aboard a Caribbean cruise liner. Jack Hauser-a man still stinging from the recent departure of his wife and daughter-is simply another passenger trying to enjoy a relaxing cruise while searching for some personal answers in hope of finding new meaning to his life. Two other passengers have a completely different agenda, however. Neither Millie nor Jack, in their wildest dreams or nightmares, ever expected this cruise to be the ultimate target of an improbable plot, devised to completely destroy the boat and everyone aboard if the ransom demands aren't met. What results is an amazing nautical game of terror as the ship and passengers sail unknowingly toward an approaching death.

They couldn't be more different. Brandi Adams is successful. Angus Boudreaux exists. She's from the Midwest. He's Cajun. She has dreams. He has a dog. She's prim and proper. He drinks beer from a can. She has brains. He has courage. She comes from a home with two successful, loving parents. He never knew his dad and was raised by his grandmother. She has a college degree. He cheated to finish high school. She's never had as much as a parking ticket. He's done time for stealing cars. She subscribes to the Wall Street Journal. He collects porn magazines. She can interpret a prospectus. He can decipher a racing form. Her portfolio includes stocks, bonds, and other investments. His entire net worth is in his back pocket. She understands balance sheets and other financial statements. He knows three of a kind beats two pair. She is certain of her future. His past is quite forgettable. But an unexplained spark ignites a romance between these two dissimilar and seemingly incompatible people. What follows is a ride neither expected, as each tries to capture the desires of their heart.

They couldn't be more different. Brandi Adams is successful. Angus Boudreaux exists. She's from the Midwest. He's Cajun. She has dreams. He has a dog. She's prim and proper. He drinks beer from a can. She has brains. He has courage. She comes from a home with two successful, loving parents. He never knew his dad and was raised by his grandmother. She has a college degree. He cheated to finish high school. She's never had as much as a parking ticket. He's done time for stealing cars. She subscribes to the Wall Street Journal. He collects porn magazines. She can interpret a prospectus. He can decipher a racing form. Her portfolio includes stocks, bonds, and other investments. His entire net worth is in his back pocket. She understands balance sheets and other financial statements. He knows three of a kind beats two pair. She is certain of her future. His past is quite forgettable. But an unexplained spark ignites a romance between these two dissimilar and seemingly incompatible people. What follows is a ride neither expected, as each tries to capture the desires of their heart.

Billionaire Milton Hughes - the puzzle, board game, crossword, and brainteaser mogul - is dead in an untimely and horrific accident. Wanting his love of fun and games to continue beyond his death, Milton prepared for such a fate, and his will is not a basic assignment of his assets to different beneficiaries. Instead, six rightful heirs separately receive single clues, allowing the entire group to easily locate and divide the fortune, provided they merely work together to solve the riddle and find his substantial riches. Unfortunately, due to feelings of being cheated, a tainted past, bad sentiments between different family members, old-fashioned greed, and one unknown among the six recipients, the game becomes neither simple nor straightforward. The pursuit has many twists and turns, as the various players plot, connive, scheme, and conspire with and against each other. Alliances are formed and disbanded as quickly as one gains an advantage and chooses to backstab another. Cooperation, suspicion, honesty, and mistrust seem virtually interchangeable. And ultimately, the game turns deadly.

Billionaire Milton Hughes - the puzzle, board game, crossword, and brainteaser mogul - is dead in an untimely and horrific accident. Wanting his love of fun and games to continue beyond his death, Milton prepared for such a fate, and his will is not a basic assignment of his assets to different beneficiaries. Instead, six rightful heirs separately receive single clues, allowing the entire group to easily locate and divide the fortune, provided they merely work together to solve the riddle and find his substantial riches. Unfortunately, due to feelings of being cheated, a tainted past, bad sentiments between different family members, old-fashioned greed, and one unknown among the six recipients, the game becomes neither simple nor straightforward. The pursuit has many twists and turns, as the various players plot, connive, scheme, and conspire with and against each other. Alliances are formed and disbanded as quickly as one gains an advantage and chooses to backstab another. Cooperation, suspicion, honesty, and mistrust seem virtually interchangeable. And ultimately, the game turns deadly.