A luxurious, tropical hotel with a history of piracy and smuggling. A missing diamond ring. A vow renewal gone very wrong. Wedding planner Annabelle Archer is off to the Bahamas to coordinate a wedding renewal ceremony and celebration for one of her best clients. Although it’s the height of summer—and feels like nearly a hundred degrees on the tropical island—she’s glad for the break from her bustling business in Washington DC. But her break is short-lived when the bride’s diamond ring disappears. While her sassy assistant Kate and the always entertaining (and usually intoxicated) hairdresser Fern try to calm the bridal party, Annabelle and her best friend Richard Gerard search the old island hotel for clues. Can they find the ring in time for the ceremony, or will the missing bauble vanish like pirate treasure in the stormy Caribbean seas? **This story originally appeared as a much shorter story in the anthology Passport to Murder, which is no longer in print. The story has been expanded into a novella.