Love at Sea

by Jennifer Blake, Maxine Patrick (Contributor)

Maura O'Neal would be insane to pass up the cruise she and her great aunt had been planning just because the old woman injured her foot and Maura would have to go alone. It would be the perfect chance for Maura to enjoy a well-deserved vacation and she could do the research for her great aunt's next romance novel. But she didn't count on the ship's owner, Nikolaos Vassos, to be so infuriating, so arrogant, so stubborn…so handsome.

Genres: Contemporary Romance, Romance

171 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

A pseudonym used by Patricia Maxwell.

Jennifer Blake has been called a “pioneer of the romance genre”, and an “icon of the romance industry.” A New York Times and international best selling author since 1977, she is a charter member of Romance Writers of America, member of the RWA Hall of Fame, and recipient of the RWA Lifetime Achievement Rita. She holds numerous other honors, including two “Maggies”, two Holt Medallions, multiple Reviewer’s Choice Awards, the Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times BookReviews Magazine, and the Frank Waters Award for literary excellence. She has written over 60 books with translations in 20 languages and more than 30 million copies in print worldwide.

Jennifer and her husband reside in a lakeside Caribbean-style retreat in North Louisiana where they often entertain family and friends. Always a gardener, she spends much of her time encouraging her garden to bloom with her favorite daylilies and antique roses. She also enjoys walking her two dogs, Buffy and Lucky, and indulging in needlework, painting, and travel.

Reviews

[Alayna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this romance novel, although it was not anything spectacular. Good, solid novel. I liked the cruise ship setting and the characters. I’ll try her other novels.

[penelopewanders]

This was the last in the Jennifer Blake contemporary romance collection I received via bookbub. I accidentally read the last (Rent-a-Groom) before this one, but as the stories are not connected, this was not a problem. What struck me in that one went even further in this one.... and makes me belatedly wonder if this series should have been classified as Christian literature (if that is the genre... it‘s something like that). I wonder because here as in Rent-a-Groom, it seems chastity is a pretty big deal. Although Maura in this book might not have minded quite so much if it had not been clear the hero was suggesting she be his pillow friend, as coyly described in the book. The tension between the two male characters was rather strange - especially from the outset Alessandro‘s reaction to Nikolaus boarding the ship? Anyway, light entertainment.

[A · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very gentle read about a woman who takes a cruise and meets a force of a man. The descriptions of the liner, the places and the sights were so incredibly well done that it was like you were there.
The Mc is a very mature young woman but the man acted a bit strange towards the end.

[Marilyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good

the love story that has many different types of relationships.the way that two older women brewing to get her a love story.