Abigail Mannon has been through the unthinkable. The victim of a life changing trauma, she shuts herself away from her friends, her family and the outside world. Her work becomes her safe haven and she likes it that way. Marketing intern Sam West was hired as her assistant and through the years became her source of strength, her window to the outside world. But even then she couldn't completely let him in. Amateur matchmaking mama Charlotte Mannon misses the woman her daughter once was and has decided it's time to help Abigail to live again. All she has to do is get her onto the Sunset Destiny cruise ship for their family vacation, with Sam in tow. Not an easy task to arrange, but she manages to pull it off without a hitch Forced into close quarters Sam begins to teach Abigail about the joys of living. She might deny it, but she has fallen in love with her younger, very handsome assistant. Sam doesn't deny anything, he has loved his boss since the day he first saw her, all bruised and battered. Unbeknownst to anyone, his tragic past is irrevocably entwined with hers. When they find out, will their past tragedies bind them together or tear them apart? Meet the entire Mannon and West families and fall in love with a new kind of romance. Real characters, real situations. Extraordinary passion. True love. An Adult Romance with family, comedy, sex, tragedy, hope and most of all love. (May not be suitable for all readers - Ages 17 and over) (Contains brief mentions of violence against women)