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Laura would do anything to protect her daughter, and Cass, feisty and precocious, is nothing if not her mother’s daughter. When Laura and Cass finally escape the brutality of Laura’s husband, Eric, they only have one option: to seek refuge with Kyle, a man Laura only knows from social media, someone she’s never actually met.
Kyle spent the last months of his life restoring a sailboat, which he christened Clíodhna, that would take him and his Siberian cat, Damnit, far into the Pacific where he hoped fate would finally take him. On a whim, he’d invited Laura and her family for a weekend cruise before his final voyage, having no idea of the whirlwind of change they’d bring to his life.
Beaten by his own daughter before she and his wife escaped, Eric is determined to kill Laura and Kyle, then bend Cass to his will. After Kyle outwits him, Eric reaches out to an old compadre from his drug-dealing days, making a deal with a fellow devil to finish off Kyle and offering up Laura and Cass as collateral.
Clíodhna’s Refuge is a blend of romance, action, and adventure on the sea and on land that will keep you reading late into the night.
Trigger warning: this book contains some scenes of domestic violence and threats of child abuse.
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About the author
Born in 1963, Michael Hicks grew up in the golden age of the space program and spent his youth glued to the television watching the original Star Trek series and other science fiction movies, which continue to be a source of entertainment and inspiration. Having spent the majority of his life as a voracious reader, he has been heavily influenced by writers ranging from Robert Heinlein to Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven, and David Weber to S.M. Stirling. At long last having retired from his career in the Department of Defense, Michael is turning the pages of the next chapter of his life and focusing more on writing.
