At last, a summer in the Adirondack Mountains, no mystery or mayhem until warm winds from the south bring a letter from Florida.After an idyllic summer Ellen receives a cryptic envelope from a lawyer in Florida. The letter claims her to be the sole inheritor of a beach motel from a woman she's never met. Stated in the will, Ellen must spend six months at the Green Turtle Beach Cottages by the Sea, 'so she can fall in love with the ocean'. But with Vic scheduled to start filming a new movie, is it safe for Ellen to venture on a dubious journey, alone?Once in Florida, Ellen enchanted with the beach property is drawn into a puzzling scavenger hunt in hopes of discovering why the eccentric woman left her motel to a complete stranger. And looming on the horizon is the prediction of a hurricane blowing in from the east.Against the backdrop of Ellen's present-day mystery, looms a story from the past. Hildy, a young German girl who became embroiled in the rise of The Third Reich in Germany. Is there a connection between the two woman?Audacity on the Beach is brimming with historical fiction, romance, laughter and a mystery to unravel for the perfect vacation read!