Self-made billionaire Adam Nicolis has backed away from his pack of friends. He's focused on raising his daughter alone. After losing his wife in an accident, he's barely getting by after two years without her. Finding himself in a situation he can't get out of, he reluctantly goes with his friends on a Mediterranean cruise to the very place he'd run from more than a decade ago. Zoe Ross has just made a drastic change in her life. Divorced and in a new career, she's excited about the next steps. Being a makeup artist for the performers on a cruise ship should be a fun change and hopefully she'll get the chance to see places she's only read about. She has to pinch herself to make sure she's not dreaming as she boards the huge ocean liner the first time. When Zoe and Adam run into each other on the ship, there's an immediate connection. Adam is shocked by it and Zoe is more than intrigued by him. When a determined ex-girlfriend shows up to scoop Adam up since he's single again, he knows he has to come up with a plan to get rid of her. His crazy scheme will shock Zoe, yet draw her in for an adventure she'd never expected. Will becoming Adam's fake girlfriend be her ruin? Or will he end up with the new life he so needed for him and his daughter?

When you’re the designated party animal in your group, it’s impossible to shed the hard shell you’ve developed. Add a fear of loss and the tough guy will avoid falling in love at all cost. That’s where Loukas Mikos finds himself even though his mother longs for him to be half of a lovely couple. After meeting Loukas on one of the luxury family vacations Natalie had started crushing on him almost immediately. She’d been the nanny of his cousin’s daughter but she’d spent time enough with Loukas to know she’d fall completely in love with him if he gave her more than a friendly smile. And here they both are on a Mikos cruise ship to Greece for Loukas’s sister’s wedding. The high society wedding is a big deal in the Mikos family and the mother of the bride is on high alert. Everything must be perfect. Loukas has been set up with a date he doesn’t want and he’s balking. When Natalie seems to be a good diversion from the set up, Loukas takes advantage of the opportunity. As a temporary stand in, Natalie has a great time, though caution screamed in the back of her mind. She reminds herself constantly that this isn’t real, but she still feels herself falling for the brash billionaire cruise line owner. Who wouldn’t? But once they’re past the wedding, there’s no more reason to spend time with him. Natalie is sure her chance was lost and she’s tempering her emotions to go back to real life when the special vacation was over. Is there any chance Loukas could be trying to change his own life with some struggle? If he let Natalie know how he felt would she believe him?