The stage is set for the race of a lifetime-and the tantalizing possibility of new romance for Nancy-in a novel as heartwarming as it is breathlessly exciting. The winner of the race will get everything they want. Nancy is not skittish about taking a few risks, so in a bold gambit, she makes a bet with Roger: a showdown in the thrilling Border Dash Race from Newport Harbor down to Ensenada, Mexico.

Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley community to discover, request, read, and review. When scheming Roger returns to ask Nancy to help capture the last committee vote-held by Nancy's old college friend-Nancy prepares for battle. NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Meanwhile, and unbeknownst to Nancy, a big real estate development is under way that would destroy her beloved harbor and new home. After moving out of their opulent home, she and her posse of girlfriends invest in a racing boat of their own to live on, and she teaches them the fine points of sailing. Roger would rather make Nancy's life a living hell than give up his boat. She tells him she wants a divorce-with the sailboat, Bucephalus, part of the deal, too. So when her philandering husband, Roger, is caught in flagrante with an opportunistic widow on their racing sailboat, Nancy sticks it to him. Hermosa Beach housewife Nancy Hadley is no pushover.

Romance, betrayal, and an epic yacht race make Carrie Talick's debut novel perfect for fans of Elin Hilderbrand and Susan Mallery.

Beware the Mermaids by Carrie Talick