Below Deck

By Dorien Kelly

When Mei Lin Wang met young radical social activist Wei Chan she knew it was fate. She didn't know that less than three years later she would be left widowed with a newborn son after a suspicious illness claimed Wei's life. Now, still convinced of their shared destiny, Lin is determined to avenge Wei and continue his work, but she must also protect her son from those responsible for her husband's death. For months Lin has secreted her son below deck on the cruise ship Alexandra's Dream, under cover of her job. It's turned into a game of hide-and-seek with the ship's security officer, Gideon Dayan, whose interest is piqued by the mystery that surrounds her. But through his attraction, Gideon sees his own haunted past when he looks at Lin--and she can't let her past go. Will they finally be able to face the future--together?

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373389655
• ISBN13: 9780373389650
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Harlequin Mediterranean Nights
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

terrific romantic suspense

Apparently agents of the Chinese government assassinated human rights activist Wei Chan leaving his wife of three years Mei Lin Wang as a single parent raising their baby boy alone. To escape the fate of her spouse, Mei Lin obtains work as a massage therapist on board the Alexandra's Dream luxury liner that is cruising the Mediterranean. Although she wants to continue her husband's work, she knows her priority is their son who she sneaks on board planning to depart once she reaches France. Months pass with her hiding her child from on leave Mossad agent Gideon Dayan, who is the ship's security officer as he recovers from injuries suffered in the line of duty; his lover died in that same terrorist bombing. He knows Mei Lin is hiding something, but not sure what. He plans to learn the truth even as they fall in love. However, she has a child to raise, a mission to continue, and ultimately vengeance for her husband's murder; Gideon does not seem to make her list; neither knows that those who killed her spouse plan to complete the job. The key to this terrific romantic suspense is the lead couple playing cat and mouse while a serene cruise occurs; Mei Lin tries to remain one step ahead of Gideon who knows she is pulling some sort of stunt, but not sure what it is. Both are survivors of terrorism that took away a loved one from each so each is wary. Fans will wonder if they have healed enough to take another chance on love with one another. Harriet Klausner