This was a rather exciting story which took place in Florida when it was not on the sea. Seychelle was the name of the main character, a tugboat and salvage captain who rescues an almost drowned young Haitian girl. THey form a close bond, as Seychelle tries to locate her father. We learn about the practice of having young Haitian girls transformed into slaves, in order to get them to the United States. Seychelle spends about a day or so floating between Bimini and Florida before her rescue. This book was better than Kling’s first entry in the series. That’s always a good sign.Kling delved more deeply into her main character’s persona than I remember her revealing in the first book. In that one, Seychelle came across as a tough, no-nonsense tugboat operator. Here, we get under that front and see a person capable of caring for others and going to great lengths and risk to help them.There were some violent scenes but Kling didn’t go overboard on the gore, just gave us enough detail to ‘see’ and ‘feel’ what Seychelle was experiencing.I would have liked to have seen Seychelle engineering her own escapes from the dangers she lands in, rather than having others give her a way out.With a better story and a more fully developed character, this series now has some potential and I look forward to reading the next entry.
What do You think about Cross Current (2012)?
A fun read especially if you are into boating. I did find 4 errors though.
—Nicknack
Woman tugboat pilot tries to save Haitian girl.
—JudyM
