Gabrilla Cunningham believes love only strikes once - the kind that changes you forever. She's already had hers. Twelve years of marriage to her best friend and soulmate, Ben, before an accident shattered her world. Now, years later, Gabby carries her grief like an anchor, heavy, familiar, and impossible to release. Her best friend, Roxy, disagrees. Convinced love can bloom more than once, she drags Gabby on a four-week singles cruise, sunshine, cocktails, and strangers chasing connection. Gabby expects nothing but awkward small talk and forced smiles. She certainly doesn't expect Dean Matthews. Dean has spent years behind cruise ships bars, charming guests with his grin, wit, and easy confidence. Love was never part of the job description - until Gabby walks in. With her quiet strength and guarded heart, she's nothing like the women who fall for his practised lines. She makes him feel something he doesn't recognise, something real. As the ship sails across endless blue, neither can ignore the pull between them. But while Dean battles feelings he can't control, Gabby must decide if her heart is ready to love again.