Stormy Waters

Dar and Kerry #8

by Melissa Good

As Kerry begins work on the cruise ship project, Dar is attempting to produce a program to stop the hackers she has been chasing through cyberspace. When it appears that one of their cruise ship project rivals is behind the attempts to gain access to their system, things get more stressful than ever. Add in an unrelenting reporter who stalks them for her own agenda, an employee who is being paid to steal data for a competitor, and Army intelligence becoming involved and Dar and Kerry feel more off balance than ever. As the situation heats up, they consider again whether they want to stay with ILS or strike out on their own, but they know they must first finish the ship project.

*Note: This is the second part of the online story formerly known as Moving Target. The first part is published as Tropical Convergence.*

Genres: Lesbian, LGBT, Romance, Lesbian Romance

330 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2012

About the author

Melissa Good is a full time network engineer and part time writer who lives in Pembroke Pines, Florida with a handful of lizards and a dog. When not traveling for work, or participating in the usual chores she ejects several sets of clamoring voices onto a variety of keyboards and tries to entertain others with them to the best of her ability. She is a prolific author of many published novels and a very well-known author of Xena fan fiction. You can find other info at www.merwolf.com.
Melissa “Missy” Good is the Royal Academy of Bards 2005 Hall of Fame Author and the winner of 2008 Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award.

Reviews

[Tony Hisgett · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this book the Dar and Kerry were very much on the back foot, everything seemed to be going wrong and they constantly had to react to one crisis after another. As usual, I very much enjoyed the way their relationship is interspersed with their work life, even though I prefer them to be more in control than they were in this book.

The book suffers a little from being the ‘middle one’ in what is effectively a trilogy, which means the ending leaves several plots unresolved. Fortunately the author doesn’t go for the ‘cheap trick’ of a cliff-hanger finish, but it does mean that you have to wait for the next book for a conclusion to the stories.

Even after this second reading Dar and Kerry are still one of my favourite couples, their's is a true partnership but with each one bringing something different that makes them so interesting to follow.

Reading the series for the second time has changed the way I have viewed some aspects of this book. I have enjoyed most of the book just as much as I did the first time. However, knowing the ending has made me realise how unlikely it was that Dar would have continued working on the cruise ship.
She has genius level intelligence, doesn’t suffer fools and is almost paranoid in spotting problems. So why isn’t she doing more to investigate these people and realise there is definitely something wrong with the whole situation.

To be fair this didn’t bother me the first time I read the book, so it is obviously case of hindsight bring a different perspective to the story.

[Mel Mel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oooh..

Intriguing! What will happen with the ship bid? (I've read it before so I know) It makes a great story! I love visiting with my old friends, Dar and Kerry. I feel like I've known them for half my life.

Ps - I will say there were a lot of small grammatical and spelling errors in this one that I haven't seen in the others.

[Brenda Freeman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love Dar & Kerry