HURRICANE is book five in the Cutter Cay series by romantic suspense author Cherry Adair. Book four, STORMCHASER, had veered into some weird paranormal ground that the rest of the series had not, which took me aback. Fortunately, HURRICANE is back to nice normal reality, albeit the augmented reality of your typical romantic suspense, meaning over-the-top happenings. But it's all in good fun!

HURRICANE only loosely involves the Cutter boys, a group of brothers who run salvage operations, searching the high seas for fantastic treasures. That's ok, though, because each of the Cutter Cay books can be read as a standalone.

Rydell Case is a rival treasure hunter, whose fortunes have been tied up in vying with the Cutter boys, both on the seas and in the courtroom. Now Ry is in trouble. His brand new mega-yacht has been hijacked and destroyed. It turns out Ry's father had the family business in hock for millions of dollars, and on his death, that bill has come due. And right now. Poor Ry needs the boat that his ex-wife took in their divorce in order to make make a quick salvage of a wreck that only he knows the loca location to, in order to come up with a quick fortune to save save his business.

Addison D'Marco has been living the high life, pursued by a smarmy royal billionaire who is trying to lure her back into his bed and into his life as his wife. Addy is furious when she comes home from a rich-and-the-famous date to find her ex-husband lying in wait for her on her ship. Ry broke Addy's heart, and she wants nothing to do with him ever again- nor do I blame her as the back story comes out! out! She seems like a typical shallow rich girl at the begi beginning of the story. I quickly came to root for Addy, thou though. The people around her are truly heinous and diab diabolical, and it turns out that she is a tragic heroine and and not a tasteless bimbo.

As is usual for romantic suspense, the story is best enjoyed with a firm suspension of one's disbelief. There are several interweaving plotlines to keep the reader's pulse elevated. The stakes keep rising, too, as Ry and Addy scramble to keep ahead of the many evil henchmen and figure out who is behind a nefarious plot they have become entangled in. The sexual sparks between the couple fairly fly off the page. Adair's HURRICANE is page turner; chock full of adventure, derring-do, and steamy chemistry.

Book Summary

SWEPT AWAY BY PASSION. . .

Rydell Case’s ship is his home, his heart, and his reason for being. After his ex-wife left him—taking his brand-new megayacht, Tesoro Mio with her—she sailed off with a royal billionaire and out of his life forever. Now Ry spends his days searching for treasure—until his ship is hijacked. With the prospect of his salvage business tanking, he needs both the ship and his ex back—if only she didn’t despise him more than any man on earth. . .

When Addison D’Marco boards Tesoro Mio to find her ex-husband in her cabin, she’s furious. Ry is more handsome, more annoying, and more determined than ever. Addy can’t believe he has the nerve to demand the ship back after the way he broke her heart. With her fiancé about to board, she doesn’t want Ry back in her life to ignite painful memories and never- forgotten desires. But could it be that, amid troubled waters, Addy and Ry can salvage what they once had and have a second chance at love. . .or does fate have something else in store?