Bad Marina

Welcome to Bad Marina, where the condos above the water have rules about balcony furniture and the boats below are lucky if their extension cords match.

Jesse Cole lives on a houseboat in a Southern California estuary packed with billionaires, misfits, liveaboards, and one dog named Dash who has never paid rent. Mornings start with harbor-patrol warnings and dock-line emergencies. Nights end with yacht parties nobody remembers the same way. In between, everybody knows everybody's business — especially Mickey, who doesn't gossip. She "distributes situational awareness."

Then a letter arrives. A ledger surfaces. A billionaire who isn't even there starts pulling strings, a marina vote looms, and the shady side of the waterfront stops staying politely under the dock. With a king tide rolling in and the cops circling, Jesse and his crew have to decide what their ragged little community is worth — and how many bad decisions it takes to save it.

Bad decisions. Bad ideas. Bad Marina. A raucous, big-hearted comedy about boats, dogs, parties, and the truth that won't stay buried. For adult readers.