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Two marketing whizzes battle for the same promotion while on a cruise to the Galápagos Islands in this beachy romantic comedy.

All of Henley Evans' hard work is about to pay off. After balancing her workload as marketing manager at a cruise line while earning her MBA at night, Henley knows she deserves the coveted promotion being offered by her company. Unfortunately, she's not the only candidate being considered. Charming Graeme Crawford-Collins works for the same cruise line, handling all its social media marketing remotely. He and Henley have never met face to face, but they've traded many antagonistic and terse e-mails. He's gunning for the same promotion as Henley, and while they're both great options, there can only be one promoted employee. To test their mettle, Graeme and Henley must submit proposals on how to increase cruise bookings to the Galápagos, and what better way to do that than to experience the cruise themselves? Close quarters, high seas, and dreamy destinations provide the backdrop for this battle of the sexes in a common contemporary-romance plotline. Does this book do anything to separate itself from many others of the same ilk? Not really, but it's a solid entry in the workplace enemies-to-lovers canon. Henley and Graeme's rivalry is overstated, though Henley's doggedness will feel familiar to any woman who's dealt with subtle (or even outright) sexism when vying for career advancement.

Like a tropical cocktail: a little overcomplicated but goes down easy.