Cayo Costa Breeze

For Meade Breeze, returning to the place he considers home could prove dangerous-especially now that unscrupulous developers are destroying the once pristine Cayo Costa. Breeze has been through this before. Little can stop greedy men from robbing resources from the many to sell to the wealthy few. They tried it in the Glades and on Captiva Island, as well as many other far-flung locations-but Breeze was always one step ahead. Living completely off the grid has its advantages. It makes a person invisible to all but a select few. When heavy equipment ends up mired in saltwater and a construction dock is destroyed, Breeze becomes the number one suspect. But where is he? Who is he? Grainy security photos only show a maniac at the controls of the heavy equipment, wearing a dark hoodie and mask-it could be anyone.With the local sheriff gunning for him and the U.S. Marshals Service trying to keep him under wraps, Breeze soon learns that being invisible isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Florida's government is building a bridge to North Captiva Island, which will ultimately result in a second bridge to Cayo Costa. Breeze takes action as only he can. He finds himself in an unlikely alliance with the governor as a result. He's given another assignment that appears to be out of his league. Can he pull it off, or will it be his downfall?

Breeze has a new mission, maybe the greatest one in his life. In a world where there are a lot of bad guys, how could Marie and he survive if they came out of hiding and returned to Pelican Bay? Would Cayo Costa be in a state of destructive development? Would or could Captain Fred return and find a way to help his friend Breeze on this unique mission? In a story that is more love than conquest, Breeze will take his most unique leap of faith since his first days aboard his one true love, his trawler, Miss Leap of Faith. Will karma and Breeze's mantra that "shit always work out," find a way to work out for Breeze and Marie? Which way will the winds blow when there is, a Breeze Across the Harbor?

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AMETHYST By: Joseph Young AMETHYST is a sailor’s tale about living aboard a 23’ sailboat for twelve years alone along the East Coast of the United States via the Inter-Coastal Waterway. It’s an itinerary of summering in Massachusetts and wintering in Florida. Read this journey about Joseph Young’s experience of sailing more than forty thousand miles.

Be introduced to a new anti-hero. Meade Breeze lives on the far outskirts of society with no visible means of support. He survives on his wits and a meager income derived from selling home-grown dope to suburban housewives and home-brewed rum to bums in the park. He's also on the run from his past misdeeds. He fears it will all catch up with him someday, so he stays on the move aboard his classic trawler. Explore the Gulf Coast Islands, Florida Keys, and the Bahamas with Breeze, but keep one eye over your shoulder. His mission to return his dead wife's ashes to their special place seems hopeless. He's going nowhere fast until a chance encounter with a lover from his past changes his luck . . . or does it?

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