Below the Surface

By Karen Harper

Book Overview

She surfaced from the depths of the sea...and was terrifyingly, inexplicably alone Briana Devon knows her twin sister would never deliberately leave her--but when she emerges from underwater, Daria and their boat have vanished. Fighting rough waves and a fast-approaching storm, Bree doesn't have time to question: if she wants to survive, she has to swim. Exhausted and terrified, Bree barely makes it to a tiny barrier island, where Cole De Roca, who has also taken shelter, revives her. Bound to Cole by the harrowing experience, she turns to him as she struggles to understand what happened to her sister. What was her twin, whom she thought she knew so well, hiding? What really transpired that terrible afternoon? And what secrets lie dormant...below the surface?

• Format: Unknown Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0778324966
• ISBN13: 9780778324966
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises ULC
• Length: 400 Pages
• Dimensions: 6.6" x 1.1" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Loved this book!

This is my first book to read of Karen Harper. I loved it! It had just the right amount of suspense. It had just the right number of characters and enough information about each character to get to know them enough. Easy to follow. I also like the fact that she didn't put anyt sex scenes in the book - it gave it so much more class. I love stories about the beach, water, Florida, etc., and I had a hard time putting it down. I almost felt like I was there.

Another great book with SCUBA DIVING

This is another great book for scuba divers to read with lots of references to diving in it!

Excellent!!!

This was a great book and kept me hooked from start to finish. Made me want to head to FL to learn to scuba.

Full of Suspense

Hooked me from the minute I started reading. It did drag in a few places but not enough that I didn't enjoy almost every minute - will definitely look for more by this author.

terrific romantic suspense

Twin sisters Briana and Daria Devon are diving together as they have for twenty years in the Gulf of Mexico off South Florida to check the health of the waters when a storm arrives much faster than expected with Bree under the water. When she reaches the surface she is stunned; not only is Daria missing, but their boat Mermaid II is gone. Panicky Bree swims to the safety of barrier island Keewaden. The storm came too fast for Cole de Roca too who beaches his boat on Keewaden to wait it out when he sees Bree and helps her. Later she tries to learn what happened to her sibling, but as she begins to unravel the secrets, Bree begins to believe she was the intended victim not Daria and begins to doubt her heroic rescuer, whom she is falling in love with even as she wonders if Cole helped kidnap her sister. BELOW THE SURFACE is a tense thriller from the very first page when Bree surfaces in the stormy sea to find her sister and their boat missing. The story line never slows down from that exciting onset until the final confrontation at seas. Readers will finish in one sitting to learn what happened to the missing "Mermaid" Daria and whether Cole is Bree's knight in shining armor or a betraying pirate. Karen Harper provides a terrific romantic suspense. Harriet Klausner