b'Hearts AweighA NovelShannon Sue DunlapA laugh-out-loud cruise-ship romanceS unny, optimistic Abby OBrien is a childcare specialist forMonarchCruises.Shelovesherjoblookingafter the children of vacationing families, but she harbors one unfulfilled desire: to be a wife and a mother.With his shy five-year-old daughter in tow, newly divorced aristocraticlawyerSpencerRandolphMastersonhasone goal on the MS Buckingham: to get his mother, Daisy, to leave her ridiculous cruise-ship lifestyle and head back home to New Orleans. But Daisy and her septuagenarian possethe Shippersarent interested in life on land. And she has a goal of her ownto secure a dreamy Mr. Right for Abby.WhenasecretfromDaisyspastsurfacesandthreats ofblackmailstartflying,theShipperswillhavetoband together in order to pave the way for Abbys future.Shannon Sue Dunlap, author of Love Overboard, lives in Houston, Texas, and holds an MA in journalism from Regent University. 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