First published 2025
Trixie Lynn Troublefield finally gets her dream wedding aboard the Emerald Queen cruise ship. The vessel sails up the Eastern Seaboard during peak autumn season, carrying Trixie, her groom Ransom Courtland Baxter, and their wedding guests through spectacular fall colors. Trixie has built a new life on the high seas, filled with shore excursions, buffet meals, and bingo games. But her celebration takes a dark turn when someone among the wedding party becomes a killer. With family, friends, and her irritating ex-husband Stanton all aboard, the guest list includes both loved ones and potential suspects. As the ship moves through brilliant foliage, Trixie discovers that her perfect wedding has become a murder scene. She must navigate both her special day and a deadly mystery while trapped at sea with a killer. The tenth book in the Cruising Through Midlife series proves that even the most joyful occasions can turn fatal when murder strikes the wedding party.
Genres: romance, mystery, contemporary, cozy-mystery
Vibes: cozy, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Eastern Seaboard, Emerald Queen
Period: Autumn, Midlife
236 pages · Kindle Edition · Hollis Thatcher Press, LTD.