"Vince Stark has writer's block. His first book was a runaway success, redefining the romance genre from a male perspective, and piling pressure on Vince's shoulders. Fleeing Seattle to live on a boat in the Caribbean didn't help. No one can live up to all those awards and accolades, but with the money running out, writing another bestseller will be the only way to keep his life afloat. His muse shows up in the form of Tenn, a beautiful free spirit aboard a bohemian boat."
Looking forward to reading this book.

It started off as such a nice idea: initially Vince intrigued me. His talent and angst and agent are all quite interesting. Unfortunately, it doesn't go well from there.
Out on his wonderful boat Vince runs into an almost archetypal woman, enchanting, confusing, attractive, mysterious and all over him. Their adventures from first meeting and dangerous involvements with other nefarious characters put them in danger and on the run.

The author could work on both editing and polish- clean up some stilted dialogue and tighten up the action scenes- and the book would be a more pleasant read.

I must say that I found the ending disappointing and didn't redeem the story--

Many red-blooded American males dream of buying a boat and sailing to the tropics. They envision fishing, lounging in the sun and sailing to exotic ports. Scott Mac Kenzie has put that dream into a masterful tale. His hero, Vince Stark, is aboard a 55-foot sailing craft called “Tuuli.” He is at anchor in a beautiful anchorage called Solitude Bay. Small and out of the way, the bay is a pristine sailor’s dream.

Vince is licking his wounds from a very caustic marriage. His first wife and her family have emasculated him and destroyed his self-esteem. A solitary writers’ life becomes the dream he is living. His first book was a best-seller which gave him money enough to buy this boat. But is the dream real? Now he's faced with following that with his sophomore novel and is struggling.

Jolted awake by a bump amidships, he goes on deck to see a decrepit sailboat snarled in his mast. The captain of that scow is Tenn. She is apologizing profusely for the mishap. She has been at sea doing a solitary cruising lifestyle herself.

A very slow budding love affair develops but she has a quest and would like company. The dream of a hermit’s lifestyle at sea begins to change. Our hero’s life begins to look more promising. But wait, every cloud does not have a silver lining and there will be obstacles to overcome! The storyline is immersive in the sea and sailing life and envelopes the reader in the atmosphere of the islands and island life. Well-plotted and entertaining.

This book wraps the reader in a dreamy lifestyle with barbs that are present in everyone’s life. You will not be disappointed with this book and it goes quickly. Read it and see if your dream could match Scott MacKenzie’s narrative. 5 stars CE Williams

Good stuff. This is a solid thriller. The story is well crafted and the characters and dialog were mostly realistic. This kept me engaged and includes a good ending. I expect this to continue to receive good reviews. Recommended.

I really appreciate the review copy!!

I unfortunately could not finish this book. It was full of cliches from early on and it was not enjoyable to read. It’s possible it got better as it went, but I didn’t make it far enough to find out.

I wanted to like this love story but it drifted off, forgive the pun, into murky waters. I will not give away the twist that comes at the end, but I will say it could not save the novel. There were too many overused cliched plot elements... drugs, romantic backdrops, murder, mayhem and intrigue. The attempt at the end to bring the fiction into reality was unbelievable. I am sorry to say I can not recommend it to any devoted mystery fans.

First of all, thank you for sending me an ARC of Uncharted waters to review. I was very much looking forward to reading this book, based on its description on Netgalley. Unfortunately, it did not live up to my expectations.

Uncharted waters is written from the perspective of Vince, a succesfull novelist who just closed a bookdeal for his second bestseller-to-be, a novel yet to be written. The story in itself has potency and is easy to read. It would have been so much better had at least half of the adjectives been dropped and half the conversations, descriptions and characters' thoughts been left out. Show, don't tell. Leave something for the reader's imagination. I couldn't finish the book, it annoyed me that much.

Uncharted Waters by Scott Mackenzie is a stand-alone romance novel, published by Social Butterfly PR.
Meet the hero, Vince.
Vince is living on a boat, an author who's about to publish his next book, or so.
He meets Tenn under specil circumstances - -nough said. I will not spoiler here, only so much both are on the journeys of their lives, and I was a passenger and I greatly enjoyed their traveling.
Uncharted Waters is a story that had me captivated from chapter one. The storyline is intriguing, I loved the writing and connected easily with the characters.
4,5 beautiful stars to UW.