Killer Cruise

Killer Cruise

Onboard facilities

Pool 1, Caribbean Deck
Met hot crewmember while soaking up the sun!

The Santorini Restaurant, Olympia Deck
Heard about last year’s mysterious disappearance on board. What could have happened?

Movie Theater, Fiesta Deck
Still can’t stand horror flicks. Too scary.

Paris Boutique, Panama Deck
Then again, so was my near-death fall overboard last night . . .

Glamorama Spa, Bermuda Deck
Must relax. No one’s trying to kill me—I’m just being paranoid.

Club Paradise, Diablo Deck
But what if someone does want me dead?

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Courtesy of Teens Read Too
Ashley Bishop is going to have the best Sweet Sixteen birthday party. She’s asked to forgo the traditional celebration in lieu of a birthday cruise. And her father has agreed to the idea. So Ashley and her boyfriend, half-sister, and four others are off on a cruise to the Bahamas.

Ashley’s half-sister, Charlotte, moved in with Ashley’s family not too long ago. Charlotte had been living with her mother on the west coast. But after her mother is killed in an accident, their mutual father brings Charlotte to New York to live with them. Ashley is determined to make her feel part of the family. She is excited to have a sister that she can share everything with. The only problem is Charlotte doesn’t know the meaning of fun and she’s very reserved. She only wants to spend time with her boyfriend, Sam, and obsessing about getting a scholarship to a good university.

On the first day of the cruise, Ashley meets a waiter, Logan Gallo. They immediately click, and agree to meet up at the dance club that night. One small problem, though - Ashley’s boyfriend, Finn, is along on the cruise. However, after Finn scares her in the hallway, it’s the final straw. Ashley has been trying to break it off for weeks with Finn but could never go through with it. But the fright gives her the courage to break up with him. He threatens that she’ll be sorry. After all, Ashley and Finn are two of the most popular kids at their high school, and Finn has never been the dumpee before. But Ashley is relieved she’s finally done it, and vows to enjoy her cruise.

But too many strange coincidences start to happen… After the scare from Finn, the railing on her balcony breaks off and plunges into the water. Only by quick action on her part does she keep herself from following the railing. It doesn’t help when her friends tell her at dinner that the previous summer a girl around the same age went missing and was never found. Rumors are that Taylor fell overboard.

In the course of the week-long cruise, too many close calls happen to Ashley that it’s getting a bit too uncomfortable for her. Except for her friends and her budding relationship with Logan, she is starting to get quite antsy. At one time or another, she suspects almost everyone at trying to harm her.

To find out what happens to Ashley and how she makes out, you’ll just have to pick up your own copy of KILLER CRUISE. The story is a quite heart pounding page-turner. I stayed up till after midnight to finish the book. I had to find out who was behind everything. It wasn’t who I expected!

I enjoyed KILLER CRUISE a lot and hope that Ms. Shaw writes more books in the future. I know I’ll be in line to read them if she does!

Reviewed by: Jaglvr

5 Stars A Fast Enjoyable Read!!!
I really liked this book!!! It reminded me of R.L. Stine’s Fear Street series. It doesn’t have ghosts, curses, or nothing like that but it’s just that Stine’s books had the whole ‘who is out to get me and why’ vibe to it. I can’t recall reading a book that had that same quality feel to it. I love reading books like that! Although I was able to figure out who it was early on in the book, I still like it. Also there was only one murdered victim, unlike Stine’s where he usually kills off several (and you can pretty much guess which characters he decides to kill off). I liked the fact that Shaw was able to at least kill off a character (after all it is called “Killer Cruise”) and that I didn’t see it coming. The only thing I didn’t like was how stupid the heroine was. I mean yeah they’re not supposed to know who the evil person is and they are supposed to be super smart, but she should have been a little bit more wise. I mean there were obvious clues that, if that were happening to me, I would have suspected other people, and I would have asked my friends to help me investigate ,like little “Nancy Drews” putting clues together and stuff like that (after all the main charcter Ashley did have two best friends Simone and Kristine). I mean, granted, some of the people she suspected did have motives, but none of them seemed psychopathic enough to be a killer. Regardless, I still enjoyed the book very much. I really did and I really do recommend it. Not as bloody or scary as R.L. Stine’s Fear Street, but still an enjoyable fast read!!! I look forward to future works from Jennifer Shaw!!!

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Santa Cruise A Holiday Mystery at Sea

Santa Cruise A Holiday Mystery at Sea

At the start of the lighthearted fourth yuletide mystery from the bestselling mother-daughter Clarks (after 2004’s The Christmas Thief), Randolph Weed, “self-styled commodore,” launches his newly refurbished boat, the Royal Mermaid, from Miami with a “Santa Cruise” to raise money for charity and reward 400 “Do-Gooders of the Year.” Meanwhile, Weed’s greedy nephew, Eric Manchester, has made a secret $2 million deal with escaped felons Bull’s-Eye Tony Pinto and Barron Highbridge to keep them hidden aboard the Royal Mermaid until it reaches Fishbowl Island, where they can make trouble out of federal jurisdiction. Fortunately, there are plenty of Do-Gooders to foil the bad guys, notably the mystery mavens of the Oklahoma Readers and Writers group and sleuthing philanthropist Alvirah Meehan. Full of mystery-lite cheer but lacking in style and substance, this collaboration is never quite buoyant enough to really deck the halls for fans of the Clarks’ superior solo efforts. (Nov.)
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QuarkXPress 8 Essential Skills for Page Layout and Web Design

QuarkXPress 8 Essential Skills for Page Layout and Web Design

Get up to speed quickly with this accessible new guide on QuarkXPress 8 for both print and Web workflows. QuarkXPress experts Kelly Kordes Anton and John Cruise provide the essential techniques that you need in an easy-to-use format. From the basics of creating new layouts to using QuarkXPress’s superior typographic tools, this book covers the primary features for graphic designers and Web publishers—whether new to the program or returning again. Expert tips and the most efficient approach for your real-world workflow demands make this book a valuable resource.

Learn about:

• Setting up your workspace, tools, and palettes to increase productivity
• Creating new projects, including managing layouts within projects
• Producing professional type with hanging punctuation, OpenType, and expert built-in hyphenation and justification options
• Editing images, creating drop shadows, and working with transparency
• Building tables, creating and applying color, and using master pages
• Outputting for print, PDF, Web, and Flash

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How to Make a Towel Monkey and other Cruise Ship Favorites

How to Make a Towel Monkey and other Cruise Ship Favorites

Step by step instruction on how to make 8 towel animals, like they make on cruise ships, by folding towels. 15 color pictures of the finished animals. Detailed instructions are in pictures and text. Picture instructions are in black and white for better detail and show an actual towel being folded, not a drawing. Spiral binding enables the book to lay flat so you don’t have to hold the book open while making the projects. Animals included are monkey, lobster, sitting dog, playful pup, elephant, duck, sea turtle and snail.

User Ratings and Reviews

3 Stars NOT ENOUGH FOR THE BUCKS!
I think this book was written in a decent fashion. I bought it as a gift for my sister before we went on our Alaskan cruise. The directions and visuals were pretty good. However, the “book” does look like it was hand-made and it definitely wasn’t worth the money. This “book” cost WAY too much. It wasn’t worth it!

4 Stars was fun and ez
after studying the book, things began to get alot easier to do. really enjoyed the book

3 Stars Throwing in the towel
I agree with other reviewers about the homemade quality of the book. The book itself was VERY thin and not what I expected for the $14+ spent on it. It’s NOT the worst book on towel origami but not the best either. I’d place it somewhere in the middle. The author does explain things well so I have to give her some credit for that. Think the main disappointment was the thin and homemade quality of it. Wasn’t the best first impression when I opened the box. I still find learning towel origami by the DVDs on the market the easier way to go. Looking at photos or illustrations in a book with a lot of text doesn’t do it for me when learning the visual art of towel origami. I need to see it in action.

3 Stars Looked a little cheap…
When I got this book it looked like some unprofessional company had made it. The book was bound only by sprial and the pictures were not in color. I would recommend not getting this book unless you really want to spend the money. The Lost Art of towel folding was a far better purchase.

4 Stars Greatest romantic idea
I picked this up to surprise my wife every morning ! Makes her feel like she’s on holidays every day. She looks forward to jumping in the shower every day just to see what critter awaits her that day. Only reason I rated a little lower was due to the fact the illustrations are a bit vague. But a great book just the same.

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Caribbean Cruising

Caribbean Cruising

Hi Brooke! I’m going snorkeling with Ryan today, wanna come? I know what you’re going to say, but he’s just a friend, I swear! So when you finally get out of bed, come find me at the spa getting another massage.

xo

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Great! Page Turner…….
I purchased this book for my 19 myr. old. The book was a real page-turner according to my teen (who has Autism, Dev. Delays). It is not easy to find interesting readers for my teen, but this Author has written a few books, all of which are excellent! My teen can’t wait for the Author’s next book! I highly recommend for teens, and adolescents!

5 Stars Amazing, Amazing!
Lindsay is 18 years old, on a ten day cruise to the Caribbeans, and has a plan to make it the best vacation she’s ever been on. She’s even made a list of all the things she’s wanted to do but has never done before. Things like: shopping until she drops, drinking strawberry margaritas, kissing cute boys, and even to sleep with a guy for the first time. Her plans seemed promising until she met Ryan, her stepfather’s godson. Although Lindsay finds Ryan attractive, she can’t help but push him away because she feels like he’ll just get in the way of her plans. But when Ryan doesn’t go, Lindsay finds it hard to resist the temptation. Will Lindsay accept her feelings in the end? Or will she hold fast and stick to her plans? Read Caribbean Cruising to find out!

Caribbean Cruising was an amazing book! I would have to give it a 10/10. I found that the story was believable and I was hooked by the very first chapter. The details and experiences in the book were so vivid and in depth that I felt as if I was actually there with the characters themselves. When they climbed a waterfall, I felt as if I was climbing a waterfall. I loved the interaction between Lindsay, Ryan, and the many guys that they meet along the way. I was really hoping that Ryan and Lindsay would get together, but each time she would be stubborn and I would be frustrated because of that. Caribbean Cruising was a fun book to read and I highly recommend this book. It’s short and sweet and will keep you thinking about it long after you’ve finished reading. If you’ve read other books written by Rachel Hawthorne, I suggest that you check this book out. Just like her other books this one is filled with fun romance. And if you haven’t read her other books then I highly suggest that you pick one up today. I promise you won’t regret it!

5 Stars OH MAN I WANNA BE ON THAT SHIP
I WANT TO CRUISE THE CARIBBEAN WITH A HOT GODSON (: SO HER MOM GETS MARRIED ON THE SHIP TO A REALLY NICE MAN, HE OWNS THE SHIP, AND SEVERAL OTHER THINGS, AND HE INVITES HIS GODSON TO “HANG OUT WITH MY NEW STEP-DAUGHTER” AND GUESS WHAT HAPPENS? NO- THEY DO NOT GET TOGETHER. JK SORTA, BUT ITS WAY CUTE BC SHE HAS THIS WHOLE CHECKLIST OF THINGS SHE WANTS TO DO (SNORKELING, TANNING, MEETING GUYS, LOSING HER VIRGINITY… YEP THAT TOO. OH BUT OVERPROTECTIVE RYAN (GODSON) WONT LET HER GET HURT BY SOME OF THOSE IDIOTS, AND WHEN U PUT THOSE TWO 2GETHER, HELLO THEY R SO PERFECT 4 EACH OTHER!! THEY JUST NEED TO FIGURE THAT OUT!!

5 Stars Caribbean Cruising
GREAT Book! Read all 314 pages in one day. Kept the imagination intrigued for more.

3 Stars Blah…
It was alright, I only read it, because all of my friends were reading it, but it’s WAY too predictable.

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