A luxury yacht. A secret network. A woman who refuses to look away.

In Key West, the rich come to disappear.

Lena Cruz is just trying to keep her life afloat. She sings at La Concha by night, fights to save the charter boat Bone Tide by day, and battles a probate challenge that could take away the only thing a dead captain trusted her to protect.

Then a young woman Lena helped place on a yacht job comes back beaten and terrified.

The job wasn’t hospitality.

It was recruitment.

A sleek company called Coastal Entertainment supplies beautiful women and “premium experiences” to wealthy clients aboard luxury yachts from Key West to the Bahamas. Behind the champagne and discretion lies something far darker: coercion, hidden cameras, airtight NDAs, and a system built to compromise powerful men while trapping vulnerable women inside it.

When Lena starts asking questions, the answers lead into a world of offshore shell companies, surveillance teams, and federal investigators.

And someone is already watching her.

Now Lena must navigate the dangerous intersection of wealth, power, and secrecy before the same people who silenced other witnesses silence her too.

Set in the marinas, rooftop bars, and hidden channels of the Florida Keys, Invitation Only is a gripping thriller of yachts, corruption, and survival.

Perfect for readers who enjoy:

• strong female protagonists

• Florida Keys and maritime thrillers

• luxury-world crime and corruption

• fast-moving suspense with real-world stakes