Victoria at Sea — M. Kate Quinn

‘Why?' has no place in what the heart knows for sure. 

On the eve of their wedding, Victoria Gliden and fiancé, Owen Walker, call it quits. He accuses her of not being able to get over her deadbeat father's vanishing act when she was a child and she and her cold feet run and don't look back.

Victoria, an interior designer, has an important meeting on Cancun that could garner her a promotion and the plan had been to incorporate her presentation with the honeymoon cruise that's journeying to the island. Since she's sure Owen is on his way to Portland to escape the aftermath of their ruined wedding, Victoria takes the honeymoon cruise anyway. Only Owen has the same idea and they're stuck with each other for six days, five nights.

When Tony Gliden, Victoria's father, dies in a freak accident, he is sent back to Earth disguised as a crotchety old man with the mission to convince his daughter to believe in love. So, he, too boards the ship.

At sea, destiny takes a detour when Victoria befriends the quirky old man with kind eyes and together they join forces with a quartet of unabashed women in their fifties who drink pink martinis and flirt with the waitstaff but are wiser than they look. While trying to dodge Owen, Victoria's new acquaintances help her face old wounds and confront new fears. 

By journey's end, will two broken hearts get their answer?