Caribbean Charade
Louise PerryContemporary romance
Available from Echelon Press
ISBN: 1-84370-693-3
October 2003
| Clanci Sutton has her life turned upside down and her heart destroyed when her live-in boyfriend of two years decides to cast her aside for a newer model. Her friend Evie pokes, prods and forces her to go on a cruise to help Clanci break out of her self-imposed isolation. Clanci does not think she is ready to face the world without her ex-boyfriend Stan, but just as she is starting to enjoy the cruise and come to some decisions about her life, she meets up with the one person she cannot afford to encounter. Stan and his newest girlfriend are taking a "get-away" as well. Anxious not to seem desperate and alone she tells Stan that she not only has moved on with her life (a big lie), but that she and her fiancé are traveling together (an even bigger lie). Clanci tries to figure a way out of the situation she has cast herself in and ultimately decides to ask for help from someone she just met, Jared Hollister.
Jared Hollister is attracted to, and drawn to, Clanci Sutton. When she comes up to him with the harebrained idea of pretending to be her doting fiancé, he sees it as a way to get to know her a little better. After all, there is no harm in a cruise-ship romance with no threat of commitment. When Stan decides he wants Clanci back things start to go awry. Both Clanci and Jared get far more than they bargained for. Ms. Perry's story is a whimsical romp on a cruise ship. Clanci and Jared both go through some major personal growth and start to understand why things are as they are in their lives. A fun and heart-touching read!!
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Reviewer: Sara Sawyer |
