Buoys & Girls

By: Gunderson, Cynthia

Book a cruise: Receive one shirtless man.

I boarded Dreamboat Cruises expecting sunshine, cocktails, and girl time. My roommate bailing at the last minute felt like a win. Until I opened my cabin door and found a very confused, very shirtless stranger already unpacking.

Apparently, checking the box that said happy to accept a matched roommate didn't mean someone from my friend group. It meant anyone traveling solo during "Buoys & Girls Week," Dreamboat's quarterly singles program, which my best friend signed us all up for as a surprise.

Now I'm sharing tight quarters with Mason Reyes, a laid-back paramedic who is nothing like the men I've learned to expect. He listens. He notices things.

But I'm noticing things, too. Like the fact that Mason knows nothing about actual life-saving techniques.

My friends think he's hiding something.

I'm starting to think this may have been a setup.

The only problem? I'm starting to wonder if cracking the case is worth it. Because exposing the truth might cost me the one new connection on this ship I don't want drifting off to sea...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GFGXCWFB
• ISBN13: 9798901780060
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Button Press, LLC
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Predictable but entertaining

I didn’t realize this book was so short when I started it but it ended up being the epitome of a beach read. Liv has sworn of relationships after an ex she admittedly stayed with because of the comfort of it. She goes on a cruise for a friends 30th only to find out it’s a singles cruise. She thought she had a room to herself, but enter Mason, a relationship therapist working for the cruise line. After a bout of food poisoning leaves them quarantined together, their relationship starts to blossom and Liv realizes that she can either live in fear of a relationship failing or regret that she didn’t give it a chance to grow. This book is very predictable but I think that’s what made it so entertaining.