David Knight has been plagued by dreams his entire life, only to have all memory of them vanish when he awakens. Now the dreams are coming with more frequency, and they seem to be drawing him to the Amazon. A scientist with a PhD in ichthyology and a dedication to learning all he can about lungfish, whose existence dates back to the Devonian era, David is determined to see what the Amazon holds. His hopes seem about to be answered when Dr. Carlos Avila contacts him. It seems the Brazilian archeologist discovered the remains of a previously undiscovered species on a tributary of the Amazon, and he’d like nothing better than for David to join the expedition to see if more of the creature can be found. Of course David leaps at the opportunity and flies to Pesadelo Bay to join the mismatched team. Once there, he discovers not only does Dr. Avila have his own agenda, but a former conquest as well as a friend who’d saved his life years before are part of the team and are engaged to be married. Meanwhile, the need to sail up the Amazon to find what ... or who ... is calling him there has become more and more pressing, and David must decide which is the most important -- learning what Dr. Avila really is searching for, or finding the answer to his dreams?

Lagoon of Dreams

“Will your son be joining us for dinner?” Sam asked, but he appeared to be more interested in petting Dinah’s shoulder than in hearing what Dr. Avila had to say.


Going by Dinah’s expression, she was as relieved as I and cared even less that Dr. Avila didn’t offer an explanation as to why.


“Now why don’t you and the lovely Dinah freshen up, Dr. Lucas?” Dr. Avila looped his arm through mine. Again? I sighed. “I wish to introduce David to Dr. Avalon, and then we will all meet you in the dining hall.”


“Sounds good to me,” Dinah said. “I can’t wait to wash this salt water off my skin.”


“Need some help?” Sam slid an arm around her waist and nuzzled her neck, but as they began strolling toward the residence, he glanced back at me over his shoulder, almost as if challenging me to object.


What was he…was he trying to make me jealous? I was tempted to roll my eyes. He was engaged, and to someone I considered a friend. In addition, I never had a sex partner more than once.


Chapter 56