The Last Time We Drowned

Charlie Engels, a broke bookstagram influencer, accepts an offer to join Empress, a luxury yacht houseboat off the Florida Keys that serves as an influencer paradise. The opportunity promises lucrative brand deals and a community of internet stars, offering Charlie a chance to escape her past and a betrayal by her former best friend. Aboard Empress, Charlie finds herself among six women: a magnetic but ruthless leader, a struggling fashion influencer, inseparable twins, a peacemaker with hidden insecurities, and the memory of the influencer she is replacing—someone Charlie keeps seeing despite others claiming she quit. When a hurricane traps the group at sea with their billionaire boss, conditions deteriorate rapidly. Communications fail, supplies run low, and old betrayals resurface. When the first body appears, paranoia spreads and alliances fracture. Charlie discovers the true threat lies not in the storm outside, but in the deadly games unfolding below deck. She must uncover the killer's identity or risk becoming another casualty.