Jeanine Lauren

Maria makes a drastic life change, renting out her home for a year and taking a cruise. Nathan goes on the same cruise with his son, and Nathan and Maria meet unintentionally after three decades. Since the story takes place predominantly on a cruise ship, Maria and Nathan cannot be closer or farther apart. The story is a pleasant and heartwarming romance reunion, as both characters reflect on their lives over the years and where they want to be now.


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Maria makes a drastic life change, renting out her home for a year and taking a cruise. Nathan goes on the same cruise with his son, and Nathan and Maria meet unintentionally after three decades. Since the story takes place predominantly on a cruise ship, Maria and Nathan cannot be closer or farther apart. The story is a pleasant and heartwarming romance reunion, as both characters reflect on their lives over the years and where they want to be now.


I received a free copy and am leaving a review voluntarily.
Thank you to Hidden Gems Books and author.… (más)

This was a quick read that I finished in about a day. I found the story really interesting. The characters had obvious chemistry even though they had a falling out in their past. What happened in the past was brought up numerous times, but its resolution never really happened. We spent a lot of time hearing about everything that happened and why it was causing an issue so much later in their lives, but it was never dealt with. The book's whole resolution went very fast, and it was like all the issues were miraculously forgotten. The relationship moved quickly as well, I just don't think that was realistic given what these characters would have to work through to get to that point. But, again, it was all magically okay and those issues ceased to exist. Was the ending one that I hoped would happen? Yes. However, it wasn't very believable and so it didn't feel right. I will always imagine issues popping up in the relationship because the past hurts were never addressed and dealt with.

Now, the story was entertaining, so as long as you just want a quick story that ends with a HEA, then I don't see why you wouldn't go for this book. I just expected a bit more from it, and didn't feel content with how it ended. Other than that issue, it would have been a really great story. It was well written, kept me turning the pages, so I will check out more from this author.

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