Obsession Under the Southern Stars

I'm a successful maritime archaeologist, but the two things I truly desire-my father's respect, and Zoe Moon-elude me. I may never earn the former, but I'm obsessed with winning the latter.

Zoe is brilliant, quirky, and impossibly sexy-a rising star at the National Museum in Wellington who keeps everyone, including me, at arm's length. Determined to find a way to get her alone, I seize the opportunity when a lead on the wreck of the Relentless surfaces. I offer Zoe a chance she can't refuse: to recover the legendary opal necklace lost with the ship for her Valentine's Day exhibition.

Our dive expedition is supposed to stay professional, but a sudden storm leaves us stranded on a remote island in the Bay of Islands. Forced into close quarters, our chemistry ignites in ways I've only imagined. But just when I think I'm breaking through her defenses, Zoe reveals the emotional scars she carries-and why love and family aren't in her future.

I've fallen for her hard, and I'm not one to back down. But mending her heart might be the one thing beyond my control...