- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group (1 Dec 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0316727121
- ISBN-13: 978-0316727129
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.8 x 3.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,992,368 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Single, shy and needing to escape her provincial life, Crissy Fitzgerald takes charge of her destiny by joining her friend Jenny on the maiden voyage of the Sea Nymph. Embarking at Athens on a month-long trans-Atlantic cruise, the holiday promises the kind of luxurious adventure that Crissy has only dreamed of - an elusive hope shared by her fellow passengers: a paid escort who knows the price of passion...a loveless romantic novelist whose success hides a vengeful soul...and the ship's handsome doctor, Luca Santo, who offers Crissy a blissful liberation from her inhibitions. But when Crissy meets Mark Vilos, wealthy scion of a famed Greek shipping magnate, her life changes course in the most perilous of ways. Plotted against by bitter rivals, stalked by an unseen enemy, and torn between her desire for two men, Crissy finds herself navigating an unanticipated journey into heartbreak and betrayal, shocking conspiracy and cold-blooded murder. Little does Crissy know that everyone aboard is at risk from a far greater threat yet to come - and sailing headlong into a dead calm, as exquisitely inviting as it is inescapably dangerous...
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Not Good, Not Bad
13 Oct 2005
Format:Hardcover
This book took a really long time to start moving. The first half of the book dealt with laying the background to the story. Shy Crissy decides to take a month long cruise with her not shy friend, Jenny. They are unaware that the family that owns that cruise line is in huge financial trouble and the owner is planning on having the ship blown up to collect the insurance money. It doesn't matter to him that there would be people on board when this occurs.
A lot of time is devoted to hearing every man that Crissy encounters tell her how beautiful, intelligent and interesting she is. It gets old constantly reading that. We get it, she's pretty. She meets a guy at a bar, they go home together, and after one night, she believes he's "the one." Do I need to say she never hears from him again? That was when she decided she needed to change her life and booked the cruise.
Once on the trip, she meets a group of people that her and Jenny spend most of their meals with. Jenny hops from one guy to another and she gets jealous of Crissy because a guy that passed on her is interested in Crissy. They argue, Jenny moves out of their cabin. Crissy begins a secret affair with the ship's doctor. Very slowly, the story then starts to pick up.
I am a person that will finish a book unless it's so horrible that it's impossible to do so. I did consider giving up on this one, but that's when the story picked up, so of course, I had to finish it to see how it would end. I won't give anything away, but there weren't any surprises to keep you guessing.
I've enjoyed Judith Gould's books in the past and I will try her next one. I have to hope that it will be better than this one.
If you want to read this one, wait the six months until it comes out in paperback or rent it from the library. It's not worth the hardcover price.
A lot of time is devoted to hearing every man that Crissy encounters tell her how beautiful, intelligent and interesting she is. It gets old constantly reading that. We get it, she's pretty. She meets a guy at a bar, they go home together, and after one night, she believes he's "the one." Do I need to say she never hears from him again? That was when she decided she needed to change her life and booked the cruise.
Once on the trip, she meets a group of people that her and Jenny spend most of their meals with. Jenny hops from one guy to another and she gets jealous of Crissy because a guy that passed on her is interested in Crissy. They argue, Jenny moves out of their cabin. Crissy begins a secret affair with the ship's doctor. Very slowly, the story then starts to pick up.
I am a person that will finish a book unless it's so horrible that it's impossible to do so. I did consider giving up on this one, but that's when the story picked up, so of course, I had to finish it to see how it would end. I won't give anything away, but there weren't any surprises to keep you guessing.
I've enjoyed Judith Gould's books in the past and I will try her next one. I have to hope that it will be better than this one.
If you want to read this one, wait the six months until it comes out in paperback or rent it from the library. It's not worth the hardcover price.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
One of the most boring books I've ever read.
17 April 2008
Format:Hardcover
Having enjoyed Judith Gould's earlier novels I looked forward to "Dreamboat". I found it extremely slow and subplots went nowhere. The writer seems to have really gone off the boil.
A Great Read
3 Feb 2011
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Romance novels are not usally my cup of tea. But I really enjoyed this book. Very racy scences. After reading this I will check out more Judith Gould books.
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