Courtship

A Novel

#1 bestselling author Anna Pulley delivers a smart and swoon-worthy romantic comedy about love’s power to lift hearts…and boats.

Reaux Briggs is no stranger to cruising; each night a different woman warms her bed. She doesn’t exactly mind it, as intimacy is something she gave up on long ago. But when her hot nights land her in hotter water and she’s ousted as drummer by her metal band, Reaux thinks things couldn’t possibly get worse. Then she walks onto the deck of a long-awaited holiday cruise only to run face-first into the woman who broke her heart.

Catherine “Fitz” Fitzgerald is an up-and-coming divorce lawyer too busy trying to make partner to care about her love life, or anything approximating one. But thanks to an antiquated norm at her family’s firm, Fitz needs to find a partner in order to get promoted. As if her mother setting her up on horrible blind dates wasn’t bad enough, Fitz also has to contend with being in forced proximity to Reaux, her high school sweetheart and the girl she’s never really been able to get out of her head.

Increasingly pulled together by feelings they can’t quite ignore—not to mention a tropical hurricane that threatens the lives of everyone aboard the ship—Reaux and Fitz must learn to navigate the emotional and literal storms swirling about them. Will they be able to mend their past hurts and reach safe harbors, or has their ship sailed once and for all?

At turns tender and hilarious, with snappy dialogue, steamy scenes, and delightfully flawed heroines, Courtship is a second-chance romance that will capsize your heart.

Decent Story

If it wasn't for the virtual voice narration this would have been an even better story.

While I will never understand someone fearing a parent so much, I'm glad the lessons that started on the cruise made Catherine brave enough to finally stand up for herself and do the things that make her happy.

As for mature content, there is only one explicit scene that I will give 🌶️🌶️🔥