Samara and the Captain

Samara Lacouer is a young woman who longs to leave her home in Sioux Falls to find a place where she can live and be free. Drawn by the free-wheeling lifestyle of Key West, and encouraged by a man she met online, she sets out to begin a new life in the tropics.

After a headlong trip south, Samara discovers that the funny thing about vivid dreams is that they are often very different from stark reality, and things aren't always what they seem. On the border between these two worlds, her past and her imagined future, Samara meets Captain Alamar Cooke.

Alamar is both fascinating and strange to Samara with his old fashioned notion of shipside discipline, of his having an obedient crew of one. The captain also has a dream that soon becomes Samara's as well. Although it is difficult for her to let go of her past fears, she eventually learns to ride the waves, to put her faith and trust in her captain, as the two of them sail the Caribbean. After some rough sailing--adventures, misadventures and lessons learned--Samara realizes that the true nature of dreams is the unfurling of the unknown and the peace of a safe harbor.