Review: Twila's Tempest by Natasza Waters

Title:  Twila's Tempest
Author:  Natasza Waters
Genre:  Romantic Adventure
Book Size:  1018 KB / 392 pages

Drake Addison, retired Marine, understands the dangers of the sea, but there’s a storm coming, and she’s all of five foot three.

A dark horse among the Treasure Coast’s elite, Drake’s passion and wealth tempt him. His first love is building yachts. Meeting Twila, he sees she has a passion as well—caring for the elderly, including his parents, but she’s trapped.

Like unearthing a gold doubloon, with one kiss from Twila, he craves a thousand. He makes an excuse to remain in Port St. Lucie and teach Twila about the sea. His mistake: misjudging the heart of one woman, the soul of another, and the ferocity of the one headed their way.
Sometimes, a little knowledge is dangerous, but for Twila—it’s deadly.

The book starts off describing Twila's life among the Florida senior citizens' mobile home park. While it sounds bland to some, the author does a good job in keeping it interesting. One resident, a woman who is proud of her sons and nosey as hell, finagles a way for Twila and Drake to finally meet.

Part playboy, part ex-military, and a whole lotta sexy, Drake has his hands full with a lucrative yacht building business and a self-centered arm-candy model. Hint: Arm Candy hates Twila from the word go. Sparks fly between the women, but flames grow between Twila and Drake.

In Twila's life, her self-imposed responsibility for the seniors comes first. Loyalty is number one. I'm not sure what Drake's priority is apart from his yacht business, but it felt like it was to remind Twila that there's more to life than playing slave to the seniors who gladly took advantage of her good nature.

The excitement builds when the mother of all hurricanes blows in. Twila and Drake are separated but come together in the crest of it all. Together they weather the storm, but barely. And then it's a wrap.

The nautical knowledge Natasza Waters uses in creating this story is almost as exciting as the story itself. Through her pictures in words, the reader is carried along this fast-paced story into the eye of the storm.

You might need one of these after you've finished this book.

***** FIVE STARS