Four friends have troubled lives. LaShawn , a striving
Christian, is engaged to a man who doesn't treat her very
nicely. Lauren, is a married mother and corporate bigwig
who is burned-out from giving her all to everyone but
herself. Madison is single and tries on new guys like
women try on shoes. (They feel good at first but if you
keep them on too long, they start to feel a bit too snug.
Time to take them off and try something—or in Madison's
case, someone—else. Blair is a stay-at-home mother who is
insecure about her relationship with her husband...for good
reason.
The women meet monthly a local restaurant to laugh and
forget about their problems. When things come to a head
for these women, each experiencing a personal crisis, they
decide to shake things up by going on a cruise. On the
cruise, three of the four women play a game involving men
but what begins as fun turns serious as shipboard romances
flourish into real relationships and true love. When
their innocent game is discovered by the unwitting
participants, the women are faced with losing the men and
their dignity.
CRUISING was difficult for me. During the first half of
the book, I found these girlfriends annoying, unbelievably
naïve, shallow, and tiring, each to varying degrees at
different times. But after they boarded the ship and the
games began, the story took a turn, becoming decidedly
more interesting, as the women began to examine not only
the men in their lives but themselves, questioning their
desires, their motivations, and their behavior. They also
learned some lessons about what it means to truly be
friends.
The love/sex scenes—and they are hot!—are skillfully woven
into the plot. Overall, CRUISING is a fast, wicked read,
great for the beach or for curling up during a winter
storm.
A sexy, breezy tale of fun, love and friendship among a
group of Atlanta girlfriends, from the talented author of
Crazy Love. Four friends with vastly different lifestyles
and personalities get toget-her once a month at Leonard's,
a lively club in the heart of Atlanta to listen to jazz,
share some laughs, and dish about everything under the
sunexcept their personal lives. There's carefree and
single Madison Dupree; superwoman Lauren Hopson; Blair,
the perfect suburban housewife; and biblethumping LaShawn
Rohinson. And each of these four women is under the
assumption that the others' lives are perfect. They
couldn't be more wrong.
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