Distress Signal

Perilous reunion at sea

A Coldwater Bay Intrigue story

When shipwreck archaeologist Cora Strand is attacked and the research boat she’s on explodes, her ex comes to her rescue. Years ago, Kirk Higgins forfeited her heart, and now with no memory of who attacked her, Cora must trust him with her life. But at the risk of blowing his cover, can the NCIS agent stop a killer determined to put them both in a watery grave?

ELIZABETH GODDARD is the award-winning author of more than thirty novels and novellas. A 2011 Carol Award winner, she was a double finalist in the 2016 Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense, and a 2016 Carol Award finalist. Elizabeth graduated with a computer science degree and worked in high-level software sales before retiring to write full-time.

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Distress Signal

Elizabeth Goddard

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ISBN: 978-1-474-09048-3

DISTRESS SIGNAL

© 2018 Elizabeth Goddard

Published in Great Britain 2018

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Five minutes and counting...

And then the bombs would explode the vessel.

They couldn’t swim away fast enough or far enough, but maybe they could dive and be safe beneath the surface.

Fear rushed through Kirk, and fire surged through his legs as he ran to Cora’s cabin. She might be asleep, recovering from her earlier fight with death.

He burst through the door. “We have less than four minutes to gear up in scuba and get off this ship. Or we’re going to die.” He ushered her into the hallway.

She stopped. “What about the others?”

“I can’t save them. But I can save you.” Maybe. “Now get geared up. We might already be too late.”

Dive suits. Mask, regulator, tanks, flippers. He worked as fast as he could.

Before they could hit the water, the crack of an explosion resounded and the deck shifted beneath them.

Dear Reader,

Thank you so much for reading Distress Signal. I hope you enjoyed the story!Now that I’ve written the novel, I can look back and see what it was about—or, at least, that it reflects what’s happening in my own life. That’s why I hope you connected with the story and Cora. She had a plan for her life, a dream—and that dream came true. She was living the dream, but others interfered with that dream and destroyed the plan. Has that ever happened to you? Basically, life will often throw us curveballs, or as I’ve said recently regarding my own life—a plot twist. So everything is turned on its head and twisted around.

All I know is that no matter what, God is my rock and I trust in Him through it all. Remember that “A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps” (Proverbs 16:9). So we might have made plans, but if we trust in the Lord, He’ll make a way for us.

I love to hear from my readers. If you’d like to connect with me, you can find out more at my website: ElizabethGoddard.com.

Many blessings!

Elizabeth Goddard

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?