Hurricane by Karen Harper

Julie Minton runs a camp for self-abusive girls in south-western Florida. It is the hurricane season and she needs to make sure her girls get home to the mid-west ok. When her 14-year-old daughter takes off on a jet ski with 17-year-old Thad Brockman who she barely knows, unbeknown to Julie, tempers begin to shorten and when they don't show up in a reasonable length of time, fear sets in. Local authorities are busy evacuating residents and don't have time to look for the missing kids, who they don't consider missing yet. Thad's father, Zack, and Julie begin an all out search for the kids. Threats and bodies start appearing and the storm is a category three. Batten down the hatches! Harper writes a page-turning tale of life in the semi-tropics. A good read.