Friends at Sea

This is a tale of cruise ships, friendships, love songs, drunken nights, fine dining and fancy cocktails, a tropical waterfall calamity and one very scary run-in with thieves at a historic port-of-call. But above all, this is a story about the little voice inside that tells us without doubt or hesitation; this is the person for me.Can time apart be the answer for a marriage in trouble or will the separation make it impossible for the couple to find their way back to each other?When Samantha Blake convinces her husband of twenty-five years a trial separation is the way to stabilize their erratic marriage, a heartbroken Daniel agrees. But after six weeks without his wife, this loving husband and father wrestles unforeseen demons. Daniel feels betrayed and abandoned. Overwhelmed by unfamiliar emotions, he fears he is morphing into a bitter and vengeful man. While Daniel's anger comes to a roaring boil, Samantha is consumed by self-discovery as she tries to figure out what she wants from her husband, her marriage and herself. Will Daniel forgive his wife for turning his empty nest into an abandoned one? Will Samantha decide to return to him at all? And if Sam does return and Daniel can defuse his anger, how will he reconcile his recent feelings for a new friend? Daniel must decide what to do about the beautiful stranger that saved him from self-destruction one night in the dark corner of a bar.When is it too late to come back home? Is it worth losing it all?
About the Author: Angie fell in love with her first book back in middle school. Her school library was fundraising by selling discarded novels for 39 cents. She spent her last 50 cents on a tattered paperback with yellowed pages and creases on the cover titled Forever and never looked back. Thirty-two years later, after fourteen years as a teacher, she has made her writing dreams a reality and published her first novel, Friends at Forty. Angie has been recently demoted to the role of empty nester and after twenty-two years of marriage and raising three wonderful children, she spends her hours writing and reading about what she knows and loves most: the misadventures of family and couplehood. Her first novel tackles the difficult questions we are sometimes too afraid to ask: What is a loving couple to do when they discover they want different things out of life? Is friendship enough to save a marriage in trouble? What is the role of romance and passion for a forty-something couple after decades accustomed to a practical partnership? Angie has completed the second novel in her Friends series, Friends at Sea, available on Amazon and CreateSpace. This is the emotional continuation of Samantha and Daniel Blake's journey: a marriage in trouble forced to face the reality of who they were, who they have become but most importantly who they want to be. Angie is currently trying her writing hand at some coming-of-age novels and new adult, reimagined fairytales, coming soon!