Beneath Bonaire

     Three friends. One treasure. And a pompous, fame-seeking podcaster racing to beat them to it.

     When a century-old journal washes ashore, the quiet Caribbean town of Kralendijk buzzes with whispers of shipwrecks, secrets, and hidden gold. Mina feels an unexpected connection to the journal’s author, Sarah, also a mother, and can’t help but worry about her fate all those years ago.

     The discovery draws Billy Chill to the island, a pretentious podcaster bent on claiming the treasure and exploiting the story for his own notoriety.

     Drawn together by curiosity and courage, Mina and her friends—Lyle and Kiki—plunge into a heartwarming, adventurous island journey that will test their limits and deepen the bonds of friendship. The men in their lives stand back, letting the women take the lead. Their mission: outsmart Billy Chill, run him off the island, and claim what he doesn’t deserve.

Heartening and deeply human, Beneath Bonaire is clean women’s fiction at its finest—an uplifting coastal novel of resilience, discovery, and the enduring power of female friendship. If you love Caribbean-set stories, or a vacation read with heart, you’ll be swept away by Anne Bennett’s Beneath Bonaire.