THIS IS A STAND ALONE SERIES - Each novel is about a different character in the Mannon Family and can be read individually or in order. Nurse Mari Mannon put her life on hold for Firefighter/Paramedic Graham Blake one too many times. He's out of her life for good now that he decided to never love again. She decides to start fresh, with a new attitude. First objective: Seduce a stranger on her family's annual vacation - this year, a cruise to Alaska. She has this pesky problem called virginity that she really needs to get rid of, with no prospects for a man in her life. Matchmaking Mamas Charlotte Mannon and her best friend Eleanor Blake want their kids together. Mari and Graham always loved each other, they just didn't have the sense to keep life from getting in their way. A surprise meet up on the Sunset Destiny cruise ship is the plan and it goes off without a hitch. Mari is upset that she might have to ditch 'the seduction' until she realizes that seducing Graham would be even better than seducing a stranger. She wants one night but with the help of two matchmaking old women and Graham's daughter Sarah - who really wants Mari to be her mommy - she just might get a lifetime of happiness. Will they rediscover the love they once had while exploring a passion they've never known or will they end things for good this time. Meet the entire Mannon and Blake families and fall in love with a new kind of romance. Real characters, real situations. Extraordinary passion. True love. An Adult Romance with family, drama, comedy, sex, tragedy and most of all love. (May not be suitable for all readers - Ages 17 and over)