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Explore the wondrous sea and the oddities of human nature in this international bestselling, thrilling epic novel of a Danish port town.

Hailed in Europe as an instant classic, We, the Drowned is the story of the port town of Marstal, Denmark, whose inhabitants sailed the world from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the Second World War. The novel tells of ships wrecked and blown up in wars, of places of

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"After a reminder goes off for the Caribbean sailing trip Anna was supposed to take with her fiance, she impulsively goes to sea in the sailboat he left her, intending to complete the voyage alone. But after a treacherous night's sail, she realizes she can't do it by herself and hires Keane, a professional sailor, to help. Much like Anna, Keane is struggling with a very different future than the one he had planned. As romance rises with the tide,...

A sudden storm drives Sam, Amanda, and their sailboat into harbor at Fishers Island. The owner of the Black Swan, a small hotel, reluctantly gives them lodging. When a fellow lodger dies in circumstances that suggest a killer in their midst, Sam must ferret out the corporate secrets behind the murder.

The doctors told Nick Sandman that he would never walk again. But that did not stop the disabled war veteran from pursuing his passion for sailing. Now, hired as the captain for a TV celebrity's yacht, he faces a challenge far more difficult, and far more deadly.

When her divorce settlement includes a live-aboard sailboat, Becca invites her daughter, Liv, to accompany her on a sailing adventure from Maine to a ready buyer for the boat in Miami, and hires Grant Murphy, an Irish sailing coach, who shows her a futureto navigate toward. "When life stops making sense, it’s time to raise the anchor and follow the tide. Twenty-two years of marriage, and all Becca Larkin’s divorce settlement includes is a live-aboard...