Elle Reinhardt loves people and has a gift for turning groups of strangers into friends. When she talks her best friend Lyn into taking a month-long Pacific cruise, Elle is in her element, gathering fellow passengers to her. But things go horribly wrong when a ship excursion ends in death and disaster at the hands of modern-day pirates.
Filled with her own emotional wounds from the experience, Elle tries desperately to buoy up the grieving loved ones as they wait for news on those lost at sea. Malcolm Armstrong, friend of one of the missing men, arrives to act as family spokesman. Elle knows it’s unreasonable, but she resents his presence. When Mal offers the strength she so desperately needs, will she be able to let go of her animosity and accept his support?
Title: Hope’s Watch (Safe Harbors #1.5; short story)
Author: Donna K. Weaver
Publisher: Emerald Arch Publishing
Release Date: January 16, 2014
ASIN: B00HOUC29Q
Formats: 51 pages, e-book
Genre: Romance
Safe Harbors: A Change of Plans (book 1)
I enjoyed this short story that shows another side of the story from “A Change of Plans.” It was interesting to get a feel for the thoughts and emotions of the friends that were rescued initially.