Hearts Aweigh

Title: Hearts Aweigh

Author: Shannon Sue Dunlap

Publisher: Kregel

Genre: Christian Fiction, Humor, Contemporary Romance

Source: Library

My Review:

The Shippers are back in Hearts Aweigh and are up to more matchmaking shenanigans. While this book can be read independently, I recommend reading Love Overboard first. This is where we are first introduced to the Shippers.

I have never been on a cruise, nor do I have any desire. I think I would be like Spencer's governess, seasick the whole time. But this story makes it seem like it would be so much fun. The Shippers are a friend group made up of Daisy, Althea, Emily, and Gerry. They are a hoot, especially when they are planning for things. 

Abby has requested the Shippers to find her a perfect match. Working on the same cruise ship, she knows their track record. She has full confidence in them and their plans.

Spencer just wants his mom, Daisy, to stop living on the cruise ship and come home. He holds no stock in his mom and her friends being love experts. When his governess takes sick, he needs a childcare provider immediately, and Abby is the perfect candidate. While he has no interest in her, or love, he is annoyed that she goes on dates and is letting the Shippers set her up.

This story was so much fun. I know I thought from the first book that the Shippers didn't have family since they all lived on the cruise ship. It was interesting learning that Daisy has a son and granddaughter, and learning the family dynamics.

I highly recommend this one; it is a perfect book for any time of year.

★★★★/5

Synopsis (Goodreads):  

Cheeky septuagenarian matchmakers, the "Shippers" are on a mission to secure a dreamy Mr. Right for Abby O'Brien, a sunny, optimistic childcare worker for Monarch Cruises. She loves her job looking after the children of vacationing parents, but harbors one unfulfilled to be a wife and a mother.

With his shy five-year-old daughter in tow, divorced elitist lawyer Spencer Randolph Masterson has anything but romance in mind. His goal on the MS Buckingham is to persuade his mother, Daisy, to leave her ridiculous cruise ship lifestyle and return to New Orleans. But Daisy isn't interested in life on land. Besides, she and her matchmaking posse have a marriage to arrange.

When a secret from Daisy's past surfaces and threats of blackmail start flying, the Shippers must protect their own while attempting to convince Spencer's scarred heart to weigh anchor and boldly set sail for a future with Abby.