Pieces of Eight / Firefly Hill Press, LLC (ePub)

From the author who whisked you away on a wild escapade in The Key West Escape Series comes a sexy, adventure-packed spin off. Follow Mitch Thompson and his team of misfits as they find danger, intrigue, and romance on the hunt for the legendary Lost Souls' Treasure...Former special ops aviator Griffin Dodge spent two years working on a marine salvage crew based out of Key West after his military career abruptly ended. The only person he let himself get close to on the Salty Dog Crew was a woman called "e;Bug."e; They couldn't have been more different - the former all-star golden boy from the Midwest and the scrappy French circus performer turned salvage diver - but she became his best friend. Griff was happier than he'd been in a long time, but when his first love called to say she wanted him back, he caught the next flight out of town. A year later, Bug still resents Griff for ghosting her and the crew after he left. She's furious when he shows up out of the blue to do a favor for her boss. It doesn't matter that Griff is single again or that he's sorry, she hates that she's stuck flying shotgun to Martinique beside the guy who abandoned their friendship and betrayed her trust. The trip was supposed to take two days tops. Just enough time to meet with an artifact collector who claims to have the missing pages of a diary that could lead them to The Lost Souls' Treasure. But when the deal goes south, and Griff and Bug are caught breaking and entering, they're forced to escape up the side of a volcano where the lava isn't the only thing about to bubble over. The tension between them erupts into an unexpected night of passion that leaves them both uncertain about what comes next. While Griff starts to question if settling down in the suburbs still fits the man he's become, Bug isn't so sure she's willing to open her guarded-heart to the only man who's ever broke it. When a rival treasure hunter hellbent on beating the Salty Dog Crew to the treasure takes Bug hostage, Griff realizes his future plans won't matter, if he can't bring his best friend home alive.