Love and other acts of Courage

From San Francisco to New Zealand to Australia, a sweeping narrative of love, loss, courage, and a determined quest for justice.A freighter collides with a yacht off New Zealand and abandons the survivors. A couple is left behind on the Great Barrier Reef by a dive boat. These dramatic events are the catalyst that leads to the upheaval of maritime attorney Max Gildea's carefully organized life where win, lose, or settle out of court he gets paid and paid handsomely. As he represents the only survivor of the yacht sinking and gets involved in the search for the couple missing from a dive trip, Max meets an Australian reporter who puts her life on the line to discover the truth behind both tragedies. Her courage reawakens Max's frozen emotions, catapulting him into the chaos of joy and sorrow that are the necessary ingredients for a fully lived life.Romantic book club fiction Inspired by actual events ABOUT THE AUTHORA former toxicologist, clinical chemist, and university professor, Ann Warner took a turn down a different road when she began writing fiction. Ann is the author of Dreams for Stones, Persistence of Dreams, Absence of Grace, Counterpointe, Doubtful, and Love and Other Acts of Courage. Her novels are available in electronic and print editions from online retailers.