Review: Daughter of the Sea by Emma Goldrick

Daughter of the Sea by Emma Goldrick
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

3,5 stars
Synopsis
When her father jumped on the boat with a mysterious briefcase, Rose Harriet Lambert was inadvertently thrown into a debacle surrounding a case of missing money. But she quickly becomes a missing person when the boat capsizes. Lost at sea, she surfaces on a nearby island and is told she's the wife of the mysterious Giles Gendron and mother to Josie. She knows this is a lie, but if she comes out with the truth, she might well go to jail! Will the god Pele be able to sort out all her worries?

Looking through a box of books that a friend of mine had given me years ago, I discovered some really "vintage" Harlequins and Daughter of the Sea by Emma Goldrick was one of those.

So, this book was first published in 1985........wow, over 30 years ago!! Okay, the plot is somewhat OTT...........can't see the same things happening the same way in 2016!!! However, this did not stop me from enjoying this wacky story.

The heroine is her con artist father's assistant, who gets separated from her father and lost at sea on a small island, Moorea, in the French Polynesia Islands after their last heist.

Rescued and taken to the home of and American writer and his small daughter, she becomes involved in a case of amnesia....and is told by the hero, that she's his wife. Charades. Both hero/heroine hiding their secrets from each other....and the hero's rather manipulative young daughter trying to get them together!!!!

What follows is the most hilarious adventure, filled with some zany local characters, local folklore,

some unbelievable behaviour by a lot of the characters and more.

The settings are absolutely fab

............who wouldn't want to be stranded in a place like this...

The scene at the end with the statue of Pele, the Goddess of Fire that the heroine is carrying on the plane is totally off the wall............the connection to Mt St Helens had me chuckling for a very long time.

If you find this book lying around - give it a try. It's actually a very funny and enjoyable read.

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