Scuba Diving Mystery

Submerged by Dani Pettrey, Alaskan Courage Series #1

Bailey Craig has left small town Yancey, Alaska and vowed never to return.  Too many regrets and difficult memories haunt her there.  But when her only living relative dies in a plane crash there, she has no choice but to return for the funeral.  She plans to avoid everyone, especially her high school love interest, Cole McKenna, stay just long enough to settle her aunt’s affairs and then leave.  However, the mystery surrounding her aunt’s death and Cole’s need of her help, convince her to stay awhile longer.

Cole’s family owns the town’s dive shop and search and rescue operation.  His family helped find the submerged plane where her aunt died.  As the clues pile up, it begins to look like her aunt was murdered.  Cole and Bailey must decide if they can overcome past hurts to solve the mystery of her aunt’s death.

This book is the first in Pettrey’s Alaskan Courage series.  Although the story had enough plot twists to keep me reading, it was pretty easy to predict how Cole and Bailey would react.  I thought they were a bit too perfect, despite their flawed pasts.  The element of diving and finding a sunken treasure more than made up the characters’ predictability.  I also enjoyed learning about Alaska’s Russian history.  All in all, I found this book to be a very enjoyable read.