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About the Book

Set in the Cayman Islands of the late 1980s this book introduces the complex, yet flawed character that is Joe LeRice, an expat Englishman living in the Cayman Islands by virtue of his father’s work. As a child, Joe falls in love with the islands, its people and with one girl in particular. He vows to return and after struggling through university, he does so and marries his childhood sweetheart, Rachael Downing, whose father has since become a prominent politician.

Rachael’s father, Arthur, has been tasked with evaluating a proposal from a gaming consortium based in Las Vegas, requesting exclusive gaming rights to the Cayman Islands and the permission to build a fabulous beachfront casino. This promises to inject millions into empty government coffers, solving many fiscal problems that currently prevent them from improving the national infrastructure.

Arthur is torn over this issue which comes to a head during a visit to the islands by the principals of Eastern Promise Gaming Inc. including the seductive siren, Kate Clementier. Finally, the issue comes before the Cayman Islands Government’s Legislative Assembly for a vote.

Accidentally, Joe comes across a letter to Arthur from a Brogan Higgins in Vegas warning him not to trust Eastern Promise Gaming Inc. believing the organization to be responsible for the gambling problems of his brother and his subsequent death.

With very little evidence, Joe decides to trust his gut and embarks on a mission to go to Vegas to try and find out if Eastern Promise Gaming Inc. has been implicated in any criminal activity that would consequently negate their application for a business license in the Cayman Islands.

On the way to see Brogan Higgins in Vegas, Joe meets young Bobby, a tough, streetwise hooker. Strangely they bond, Joe being struck by her refreshing honesty as much as she is by his naive vulnerability.

Unable to find any evidence that would legally prevent Eastern Promise from operating in the Cayman Islands, Joe and Brogan, aided by Bobby, formulate a daring plan that takes on the gambling consortium at its own game.

During the execution of this plan, Joe comes face to face with his painful past and must overcome personal demons that have almost destroyed him as a young man.