SURVIVING THE STORM is a sexy thriller about three dysfunctional couples working at a Caribbean resort who are desperately trying to navigate their emotional lives while being suspects in the murder of a co-worker. September, 1989, Hurricane Hugo hits the island of Antigua. The three couples, each of a different age, who live and work at the resort, find safety in the cavernous wine cellar. When the storm passes, the resort's handsome assistant manager, Alvin, a local, is discovered on the property, murdered. A local detective, Reggie, is called in and gradually unravels the intimate connection each woman has to the dead man, making all three couples suspects. The present and the past take the reader right up to the end where the couples hit their make-or-break points, and the murder is solved. What distinguishes this novel is the intense murder mystery drama coupled with very real people who have highly identifiable relationship conflicts.