title: Waves of Passion
author: Mendoza, Sylvia
description: After years at sea, Lieutenant Commander Alex Rivera has realized something is missing from his life. Namely, having one. It's time to settle down in his California hometown and experience the real world...and maybe even romance. Former Navy brat Marissa Buenaventura is the ideal candidate to initiate him into the joys of civilian life, like babies, barbecues--and certain other things a man can't live without...
  
  As Tourism Director for her picturesque community, energetic, impulsive Marissa is supposed to bridge the gap between the locals and the Navy--with Alex's help. But when business quickly turns to pleasure, she's torn. A by-the-book military man has never been her idea of marriage material. So why is it so easy to imagine herself sailing off into the sunset with Alex?