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Abandoning Ship

By: Susan Hawke
Narrated by: Michael Pauley
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When the seas of love grow choppy, sometimes the best course is to abandon ship!

Two years ago, Ryan Abernathy was too tongue-tied, too introverted, and entirely too nervous to flirt with his hot but presumably straight new roommate. So when Ryan’s sister swooped in and scooped the hottie up for herself, he accepted his fate and kept his crush a secret.

Sawyer Muller never meant to find himself in a fake relationship with his sexy roommate's sister. And how was he supposed to know that Ryan would become his bestie and star in way too many of his dreams?

Things get complicated when Julia Abernathy strikes a deal with Sawyer to upgrade from fake boyfriend to groom, though they only need to stay married long enough for her to get her trust fund. They plan a fun cruise ship wedding with her entire family in tow. Sawyer figures it sounds like an adventure, and when they quietly divorce later, he’ll finally be free of all the pretense.

With Julia and Ryan’s homophobic, snooty family present, the pressure is turned up...especially when Sawyer finds himself jilted at the altar and drowning in a sea of blame from her family. His only life preserver is the Abernathy sibling he can’t admit to wanting...Ryan.

Note: This full-length m/m romantic comedy will keep you in stitches. Watch out for an awkward first kiss, a record-making group wedding, and sexy competitive shuffleboard. Before you board this ship, make sure you pack a fan because things are about to heat up on board this vessel!

©2019 Susan Hawke (P)2019 Susan Hawke
Romance Romantic Comedy Comedy Funny Witty Feel-Good Roommate Fake Relationship

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I adore this series, the Valentine Inc cruise idea offers so many different opportunities.
This book is totally marvellous. It's sweet, funny, sexy and the story has some lovely moments. I wanted to slap Julia frequently, but she's got a heart of gold really. The balcony scene with the step-mother - I laughed myself silly. Lots of fun in Susan Hawke's usual style.
Michael Pauley is really funny in this book. He is sexy as always, but he had me in stitches with his narration. Fabulous job.
I received an ARC of this ebook but opinions are my own.

I loved this charming book

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🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 4.75 stars
🔥🔥🔥🔥 Heat Level: 4
🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧 Narration: 5

Such a fantastic, funny and feel-good story!

I’ve been a fan of Susan’s for a while but this one feels different and was the perfect romantic comedy to get you out of your head and into some wonderful, funny and uniquely deceptive family drama culminating in a missed wedding, an accidental marriage and a couple of “stick it to the man” (aka their father) coming out moments! I loved it!!

You can’t help but laugh at some of the sexy time shenanigans and a unique coitus-interruptus in the form of a ‘plastic’, deck-climbing, step mum! I felt this whole story was perfectly well rounded and Susan injects the longing and laughter into the story from the beginning. I loved the MF fake-boyfriend approach that got 2 years out of hand, and almost included a real marriage from their fake relationship! Thankfully both the bride and groom were able to find their true and real happily ever afters and the events that follow will have you laughing at every turn. I absolutely loved this story and it’s definitely going to be added to my feel-good fav re-reads!

Michael is fantastic as always but I must say, he did do a unique and slightly cringe-worthy job for Valentine’s Inc.’s Love Director LOL!

Thanks for reading!

Such a fantastic, funny and feel-good story!

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This was a really great addition to this series.
I always love Susan’s books and this was no exception.
I can’t wait to listen to more.

Awesome

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Loved this book, loved this series, if you want a light hearted funny story with an HEA then read this. Total recommend.

Great book from a great series

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Susan Hawke has written a great addition to the Valentine's Inc. Cruises series! We have a fake relationship (not the MC's), best friends to lovers as well as a lot of family drama all contained on one cruise ship!
Ryan and Sawyer met when Ryan needed a new roommate but unfortunately his sister beat him to the flirting race and he had to watch the two most important people start a relationship that leads to a wedding on a cruise ship.
Both men are a lot of fun to read! They have a great friendship before any other feelings become involved. Sawyer is an amazing friend to Julia, Ryan's sister, as they follow through on a fake relationship to help save her from a meddlesome/homophobic father. A wedding was never what he envisioned but that's what he attends, and gets jilted at, along with all of Ryan and Julia's awful family. What follows is a bonding experience for Ryan and Sawyer, and a test of friendship for Julia and Sawyer. There are some beautiful moments but also a lot of fun as they try and make the most of the holiday that they are on. There's a lot of heart felt moments as the two men are allowed to truly connect on all levels in the two years they've known each other. They have an obvious connection and a sexual attraction that quickly heats up as they learn the truth about each other and what they truly want.
Cannot recommend this enough. There's so much going on throughout the book as we move from friendship to fake romance to fake wedding, all with an atrocious family in the background that really bring out the protective claws of the both MC's and the sister. Then there is shock, hurt, support, friendship, love, attraction, fun and joy. Another must read in this series!
Michael Pauley really brought this story to life. I absolutely loved how well he voiced the characters as they had fun, stressed and fell in love. There is a lot of friendship, not just between Sawyer and Ryan but with Julia as well as Michael conveyed it all so well. As soon as I started listening, it was hard to stop which is always a great marker for audio narration.

Fantastic best friends to lovers with a twist

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