Love Overboard + Giveaway

A snort-laughing, cruise ship romance takes readers into topsy-turvy waters

When a group of four quirky friends retire on a neverending round of cruises, their attire consists of more than floral shirts and gaudy skirts. Armed with walkie-talkies and battle plans, these relationship experts–who’ve dubbed themselves the “Shippers”–target hostess Lacey Anderson and director Jonathan King in their romantic schemes. But the young couple refuses to cooperate. They’ve been on the “love boat” together before, and it went down in flames.

Boss matchmaker Emily Windsor has orchestrated multiple romantic successes, and these two upstarts certainly won’t get the best of her. The chemistry between Lacey and Jonathan is obvious, but the couple rebuffs every outlandish plot and “coincidental” meeting, forcing the matchmakers to chart a new course to true love–all while inadvertently thwarting drug smugglers threatening to ruin their floating home on the ocean.

This laugh-out-loud rom-com features loveable characters, over-the-top situations reminiscent of 1950s sitcoms, a dash of mystery, and romance to push the reader overboard and all in with Shannon Dunlap’s new series.

My Review:

I’ve had my eye on this book for awhile but I was waiting to see if it might come out in an audio edition (it hasn’t) so I finally bought a print copy because I kept hearing rave reviews about it and, guess what? They were right! ‘Love Overboard‘ is a deeeeelightful cozy read. Part romance, part mystery all wrapped up with a whole lot of senior sass. So. Much. Fun!

There are walkie-talkie toting seniors on do or die matchmaking missions. Emily is the head Shipper (yes, they have a name and everything) and she runs a tight ship (pun intended.) There are a vast number of single cruise employees after all! And, really, what else is a body to do when you live on a cruise ship year round?! That angle alone is fascinating. The Shippers bring in plenty of drama and a whole lot of laughter. Well…the only one not laughing is Lacey.

She loves her job as cruise hostess and finds the dear ‘old ladies’ sweet and charming most of the time. Just not when they have her in their sightline as the next matchmaking target. Enter Jonathan King, new to the ship but not to Lacey (a little something the Shippers aren’t aware of) and cue rom/com hilarity circa 1950s sitcom as these two reluctant lovebirds have a second chance romance forced upon them.

Oh — and if that wasn’t intriguing enough, there is actually a shipboard mystery to solve as well. Completely captivating from start to finish and — hooray — it looks like this is the beginning of a series as it ends with a nice set up for the second book which better come out soon!

GIVEAWAY OPPORTUNITY:

This giveaway is for a gently read paperback copy and is available to any reader, any where — so, yay, another International Giveaway!

If you would like a chance to win a copy of Love Overboard, leave a comment below or email me at kavluvstoread AT yahoo DOT ca. If you add an email to your comment, remember to use AT and DOT instead of @ and . in order to protect yourself from spammers. If you enter the draw via email, please add the title to the subject line so it’s easy to spot your entry. Draw will be held and winner announced on Saturday February 15 2025.

32 thoughts on “Love Overboard + Giveaway”

  2. LOVE OVERBOARD sounds like a fabulous book and one I know I’m going to enjoy reading. Kind of like Love Boat amplified to the next level with mystery and a good dose of senior sass. 🙂

    Thank you for your review and for bringing this book to our attention! It’s now proudly on my TBR list and I can’t wait for the opportunity to read it.

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  4. Good morning Kav. Thanks for sharing this book. Oh but this sounds so delightful. This sounds like it has it all in one book. quilting dash lady at comcast dot net

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  7. I just recently reached out to a promoting friend to be on the team for book 2 by this author. That said, I still haven’t read this book, and it sounds like I need to! Thanks for the chance! blessedmommy3x AT gmail DOT com

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