title: Friends at Sea
author: Dickerson, Angie
description: This is a tale of cruise ships, friendships, love songs, drunken nights, fine dining and fancy cocktails, a tropical waterfall calamity and one very scary run-in with thieves at a historic port-of-call. But above all, this is a story about the little voice inside that tells us without doubt or hesitation; this is the person for me. Can time apart be the answer for a marriage in trouble or will the separation make it impossible for the couple to find their way back to each other? When Samantha Blake convinces her husband of twenty-five years a trial separation is the way to stabilize their erratic marriage, a heartbroken Daniel agrees. But after six weeks without his wife, this loving husband and father wrestles unforeseen demons. Daniel feels betrayed and abandoned. Overwhelmed by unfamiliar emotions, he fears he is morphing into a bitter and vengeful man. While Daniel’s anger comes to a roaring boil, Samantha is consumed by self-discovery as she tries to figure out what she wants from her husband, her marriage and herself. Will Daniel forgive his wife for turning his empty nest into an abandoned one? Will Samantha decide to return to him at all? And if Sam does return and Daniel can defuse his anger, how will he reconcile his recent feelings for a new friend? Daniel must decide what to do about the beautiful stranger that saved him from self-destruction one night in the dark corner of a bar. When is it too late to come back home? Is it worth losing it all?