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Key of Sea

Medallion Press
August 2005
ISBN: 1-932815-40-6

Read an Excerpt from "Key of Sea"

In her youth, Dora Lee Hanson set her dreams on distant goals. A more exciting life waited, if not over the rainbow, then at least somewhere out of the quiet Florida Keys. The twenty-something beauty left home for a modeling career, but a wealthy magnate swept her off her ostrich-plumed mules. Unfortunately, after more than a dozen years of marriage, the wicked wretch kicked her to the curb. Facing a very uncertain future, she returns to her beloved grandfather and the home she eagerly left behind all those years before.

Successful Keys fishing guide Bobby Daulton has the life he always intended, with one notable exception. He never caught Dora Lee, the love of his youth. After all these years, he never expected her to blow back into his world with tornado force, but he's a far cry from the kid who once let her slip the line and escape.

When an ex-trophy wife with a mid-life crisis hooks up with the hot guy whose heart she unknowingly broke years before, the passionate pair rock more than the romance boat. Dora Lee has her eye on a brand new dream. Bobby has his eye on Dora. He's fallen for her again, hook, line and sinker, and this time she won't swim away.


Reviews for "All Keyed Up"

"A faultless five hearts and a must read! If you only get to read one contemporary romance this year, please, make it Key Of Sea."
- Janalee, The Romance Studio

"Romance abounds in Key Of Sea and it is truly a wonderful, well-written tale. Charming characters, vivid descriptions, and a tantalizing storyline make Key Of Sea the perfect beach read."
- Romance Reviews Today

"Ms. Stella has done it again! She has created another story, full of life like characters that jump off the page and pull the reader into her world. This time around she tackles some important issues but does so with style and a flair that is her own. The end result is a treasure for the romance reader."
- Kristi Ahlers, Reviewer

Mary Stella has written a tender unconditional love story. Key Of Sea kept me turning the pages until the end. I not
only enjoyed the love story but the other relationships that were happening in the book. There are many more stories that Ms. Stella could write about this area of the Florida Keys. It’s a keeper for me!

- Five Roses - A Romance Review


"Four and 1/2 stars! Key Of Sea is sensuous, poignant, humorous and wonderful. Mary Stella has created a generous cast of eccentric, memorable characters, and the author demonstrates her gift of capturing the rhythm of life in the Florida Keys. This is a lovely and hearfelt story of finding your way back home and wondering why you ever left."
- Affaire De Coeur Magazine

Five Stars - A stellar tale!
- Harriet Klausner, Reviewer

"…a plucky heroine readers will root for."
- RT Bookclub Magazine

"Mary Stella's latest romantic tale brims with touching and laugh-out-loud moments. A heroine to root for, a hero to die for, and a wacky, but lovable supporting cast. Key of Sea reeled me in-hook, line and sinker."
- Beth Ciotta, Award winning author of "Jinxed" and "Charmed & Seduced"