Breaking All The Rules
Alexandra's dream swayed gently at her moorings in
the harbor at Monte Carlo. Nearly encircling the cruise ship, the lights of the harbor and, higher yet, those of the city, sparkled against the dark mass of hills that guarded the famed principality of Monaco.
"It really is like a fairy-tale world, isn't it? I'm glad our ship is too big to dock on the quay. The view from here is breathtaking, don't you think?"
"Gorgeous," Lola agreed with her sister, Bonnie.
"And this ship's not half bad, either. We owe Marilyn a really special thank-you gift for booking us on her."
Myra Sandler sniffed. "Marilyn would never book us on a ship that was merely 'not half bad."" Marilyn was Bonnie and Lola's mother's best friend, a travel agent in Sarasota, Florida, where the two women made their homes. "This ship is magnificent."
"I stand corrected," Lola apologized with a smile. Of course her mother was right. Alexandra's Dream had only recently been refurbished by its new owner, the Greek shipping magnate, Elias Stamos, who had purchased the American Liberty Line and its three cruise ships. Lik ... read full excerpt from Breaking All the Rules ebook
