Maya Reyes doesn't believe in coincidences.
Her sister Camille flew to the Maldives a bride. She never came home. The official story said drowning. The autopsy said inconclusive. The husband said grief.
Maya says lies.
When an exclusive overwater resort offers her a free week-long stay - the same resort her sister disappeared from - she knows she's being lured. She goes anyway.
The villa is glass-walled paradise. The staff smile too long. The other guests aren't who they claim to be. And every night, Maya hears something moving beneath the floorboards of her bungalow - in the water, just under her bed.
Then she finds Camille's wedding ring. Polished. Placed on her pillow. Like a warning. Or an invitation.
The woman who runs the resort knows everything. She knows what happened to Camille. She knows who killed her. And she knows Maya is next - unless Maya is willing to do something unthinkable first.
Some sisters disappear. Some come back to finish what was started.
What you'll love:
A relentless protagonist hunting for the truthAn atmospheric Maldivian overwater resort settingShort, binge-worthy chaptersA gut-punch midpoint twistAn ending that rewrites the entire storyA morally gray figure pulling every stringTHE LAST RESORT is Book 2 of The Vanishing Wives series - a fully standalone psychological thriller. No cliffhangers. Full resolution. Readable in any order.
Paradise has a price. Some women pay it twice.
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