5th
February
Thursday Thirteen: Cruising for Love
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Saturday I leave for Miami to board a cruise ship for a week of fun & sun in the caribbean with three girlfriends. This will be my first foray into that corner of the world and my first time aboard a cruise ship.
Saturday: Fly to Miami
Sunday : Explore Miami
Monday: Set sail aboard the good ship lollipop Carnival Destiny
Tuesday: Nassau – Swim with Stingrays
Wednesday: Half Moon Cay – Snorkel by Boat
Thursday: Grand Turk – Horseback riding and swimming with horses
Friday: Sailing, sailing over the ocean blue
Saturday: fly home
Of course I’m looking for romance novels set in the Caribbean or aboard a cruise ship to take with me!
Can you recommend any of these?
- BABY BONANZA by Maureen Child (Silhouette Desire, Sept 2008)
Millionaire owner of cruise line discovers his mistress is pregnant with twins.
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Recommended by the Book Binge - TREASURE by Helen Brenna (Harlequin SuperRomance, No 1408)
Treasure hunter searches for spanish gold from legendary shipwreck, finds something even more valuable.
2008 RITA winner best Contemporary Series Romance - ISLAND HEAT by Sarah Mayberry
Former lovers hired to give culinary presentations aboard cruise ship stir up passion in the kitchen and the bedroom. (Mediterranean Nights series is set on cruise ships)
Recommended by Sayuri (via twitter) - THEN YOU HIDE by Roxanne St. Claire
Heroine searches for missing friend on a cruise ship and through the caribbean, is saved from killers by retired assassin with a secret she doesn’t want to hear. Bullet Catchers book.
Recommended by Ciaralira
- GOING OVERBOARD by Christina Skye
Cruise ship photographer saved by undercover Navy SEAL from assassination attempt.
Recommended by Writers Write - THE IRON ROSE by Marsha Canham
“Gender-bending tale of pirates, spies, and love on the high seas” set in 1610s Caribbean
Recommended by All About Romance. - DAY DREAMER by Jill Marie Landis
Regency heroine with paranormal skill fakes identity, enters into marriage of convenience with Caribbean-located husband.
Recommended by All About Romance. - NERDS LIKE IT HOT by Vicki Lewis Thompson
Murder witness hides on single-nerd caribbean cruise and tries to resist a “titanic attraction” to her bodyguard.
VLT spoke at RWA San Fran last summer, but I haven’t read any of her books. - CARIBBEAN CRUISING by Rachel Hawthorne (AKA Lorraine Heath)
On a Caribbean cruise, eighteen-year-old Lindsay’s to-do list includes having a one night stand, but when her wealthy new stepfather introduces his gorgeous godson as her traveling buddy, things become complicated. (Young Adult) - A PIRATE OF HER OWN by Kinley MacGregor (AKA Sherrilyn Kenyon)
American revolutionary buccaneer kidnaps rebellious virginal miss. Kenyon’s first novel!
What better place to read about pirates than the Caribbean? (I’ve read it) - PRINCESS CHARMING by Jane Heller
“What do you get when you put three divorced women and one desperate hit man on a ship bound for the aquamarine waters of the Caribbean?” - ONLY WITH YOUR LOVE by Lisa Kleypas
A bodice-ripping pirate and the virgin who tames his wild heart.
I read this one. It was very silly. I think I gave it three hearts. - MIDNIGHT MOON by Lori Handeland
Grieving mother searches for Voodoo priest who can raise the dead in dangerous jungles of Haiti, discovers shape-shifters and monsters. (Nightcreatures Book 5)
February 6th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
I can’t recommend any of them (only because I haven’t read them) but what I CAN say is that with four women, we’ll be sure to help you generate lots of ideas to write your own!!
February 6th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
A second FREE harlequin eBook also works: Brenda Jackson’s IRRESISTIBLE FORCES is set in the caribbean!
Laura – I’ve already started plotting it in my head. Sex in the City on a cruise. It’s gonna be great!
February 12th, 2009 at 3:50 am
I haven’t read any of those, but I may pick up a couple!