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Kennedy Reeves, Cruise Director for the Helio, has been called back to work after being on land for the last year. She looks forward to greeting her passengers: the business world’s newest mega-millionaire couple, the Club Diva Boys, the Ladies from Harmony Lakes, and Vera Jameson (a businesswoman who could make a drill sergeant cry). Everything looks shipshape until the consultant hired by the corporate office arrives, and he has a very different course charted. Join Kennedy, her friends, and their zany passengers as they navigate the turbulent waters of their first cruise in A Boat for a Goat. 

Secrets and scandal are the spices of this cruise when Classic Style Network chooses the Helio as the location for a cut-throat cooking competition, and it’s up to Kennedy to keep things from boiling over. Old and new friends are also on this mouth-watering cruise: the Gents from Breezy Bayou, David from Club Diva, Jones and Terri Butler, and Emily Abbott, the great-granddaughter of the cruise line’s founder. In between taking care of the passengers and making sure the competition goes smoothly, Kennedy is also in charge of decorating the ship for the holidays. “It’s just a few trees,” Alfred, her boss, wrote. And when travel writer Monique Patrick begins stirring the pot by asking uncomfortable questions, it could become a recipe for disaster.

  A Heist on the Ice finds Cruise Director Kennedy Reeves helping on a VIP test cruise as the Malina returns to her Alaskan waters. Things start out rocky when the welcome Kennedy receives is as glacial as the temperature of the waters. And who does Kennedy see on the manifest? None other than the formidable Vera Jameson and the last passenger Kennedy ever wanted to see again—LaVonda Taylor, the woman who tried to have her fired years ago. And while Kennedy and the passengers are taking in Alaska’s dazzling beauty, someone else is busy pocketing other sparkling things.

Have you ever had one of those horrible weeks at work? You know, one where if it can go wrong, it will?

Cruise Director Kennedy Reeves is having one of those weeks. After an epic sail-away party, the passengers look like the walking dead the next morning. Are they hungover, or is something more sinister afloat? Speaking of which, there’s a dead body in the hot tub to deal with, a meeting planner who would be better suited as a military commander (she’s got the wardrobe for it), and the ship’s doctor has the bedside manner of a cockroach. The ship is full of lawyers who haven’t sued anyone in a week, and while they are slugging down legalese cocktails (recipes included) at the pool bar, their teeth are beginning to gnash. And if things aren’t bad enough, corporate is on board.

Kick back with a Subpoena Colada and join Kennedy while she navigates the crystal blue waters of the Caribbean in a cozy cruise culinary mystery you can sink your teeth into.

Who doesn’t love a good mystery? Cruise Director Kennedy Reeves does, and just as she’s about to leave on a much-needed vacation, one presents itself when the man she thought she’d never see again, the one who vanished from her life over a year ago, appears in the lobby of her ship, wanting to talk. 

This unexpected encounter is just the beginning of the mysteries that await her, including the enigma of why the corporate office is sending Kennedy and the team to work on the company’s latest acquisition, the Soleil, for a VIP cruise featuring the reigning queen of suspense novels, Jill Drake, and her rival, author Blake Duncan. 

The journey from Memphis to New Orleans, orchestrated by publicist and plate spinner G.G. Mendoza, is a strategic move after Jill’s latest faux pas on national television, calling Blake “An insect that needs to be squashed!” The cruise, designed for aspiring mystery writers and fans of both authors, promises writing workshops, fan appreciation events, and a blowout party to celebrate Jill’s fortieth birthday and the release of her fortieth novel, Miss Lavender and the Blood-Stained Deck. But like a craftily worded mystery made to keep fans guessing until the end, there’s a skeleton hidden in plain sight and a secret that could result in...murder. 

On this cruise, the only thing fiercer than the fight for a title and crown… is the thirst for revenge. Because behind every flawless face lies a motive for murder.

Cruise Director Kennedy Reeves thought she was ready for the chaos of hosting the Ms. Casual Living Pageant aboard the Helio. But behind the polished nails, poised poses, and platform heels, deadly secrets lurk among the sequins and sashes.

When game show host and pageant emcee Wink Watkins—armed with a million-watt smile and a talent for blackmail, bribery, and betrayal—is found unconscious, seconds from death, it’s up to Kennedy to figure out who wanted Wink in the drink.

The cutthroat competitor, willing to win at any cost? The sweetheart with a secret, blackmailed over something she thought was buried?

Kennedy’s brother’s new flame—the one with a rap sheet and a reason? Or someone hiding in plain sight… someone Wink silenced for good—the beauty queen he tossed into the ocean. He left her for dead… right?

But then who sent Wink the note—We should reminisce about what you threw in the abyss.

Kennedy’s about to learn that on this cruise… betrayal comes with a body count.