Southern Waters
The Southern Waters Adventure Series
Featuring Alex Nolen and friends!
Sunshine and saltwater combine to create the setting for adventure in the Southern Waters Adventure Series. Join Alex Nolen and his friends in their adventures above and below the beautiful waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean.
How can a good-natured, easy-going charter boat captain and divemaster, who wants nothing more out of life than to explore and enjoy the underwater world, find himself running into so much trouble? Probably because Alex just can’t walk away from someone who needs help, no matter whether it’s his friends, a stranger, or an animal in distress. Alex Nolen always does what he feels is the right thing. Even if it also means putting himself in danger.
Each book in the Southern Waters Adventure Series is a fun adventure/suspense novel that all readers in the family can enjoy. They may be read either in order of publication date or as stand-alone novels. The first two books in the series are now available for purchase on Amazon in eBook and paperback format. Both are free to read for members of Kindle Unlimited.
Endangered Species
Book One
A documentary research expedition along the US Gulf Coast becomes imperiled by three unscrupulous poachers hunting for an exceedingly rare turtle. Capturing the turtle for monetary gain would be an ecological loss. It could also lead to a human tragedy.
The poachers, driven by greed, will let nothing get in their way. This includes Alex Nolen, divemaster and captain of the charter boat SeaStar, his friends, and the beautiful marine researcher he has just met.
When a team of underwater videographers charter the SeaStar to film a documentary, their journey takes them from the turquoise waters of the Gulf of Mexico to Florida’s long and winding Escambia River. A chance encounter with the poachers changes everything. Poachers, however, may not be the only danger. Something lurks beneath the murky waters of the river that may pose an even greater threat. Could this be Alex Nolen’s last dive?
Sea Change
Book Two
Some say change is inevitable. But that doesn’t always make it desirable.
When a man from Jennifer Walker’s past appears, divemaster and charter boat captain Alex Nolen and his friends suddenly find themselves facing dangers that could change the course of their lives forever.
How much damage can one conman do when he tries defrauding the struggling business owners along Florida’s Emerald Coast? Together, Alex and his friends strive to stay one step ahead of this dangerous and disturbed man who has become fixated on Jennifer. Can they find a way to undo the damage he is causing? And what role might a prohibition era boat sunk in a hurricane off the coast of Florida play?
Coming Soon!
Book Three
Book three of the Southern Waters Adventure Series is currently in the creative process, with a planned release in mid 2023. The story takes place in the beautiful islands of The Bahamas, a few months after the events in Sea Change. Check back here for more information on the plot, characters, and details of this new setting.
Five Shorts and a Brief
A Short Collection of Short Stories
Featuring the Southern Waters prequel short story “Anniversary Blues.”
“Anniversary Blues” is a short story set in the world of the Southern Waters Adventure Series. It is one of five select short stories and a work of flash fiction in this collection entitled Five Shorts and a Brief.
“Anniversary Blues” features Rex and Rose Fisher, first introduced in the novel Endangered Species. Set along Florida’s Gulf Coast, “Anniversary Blues” takes us back to the year 1976, as the one-year anniversary of the opening of R and R Divers approaches. While the story draws from the Southern Waters Adventure Series, it may be read as a stand-alone story, or as an introduction to the series.
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