About the Book
Book: Cruise to Death
Author: Sara L. Jameson
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: June 1, 2021
When opera singer Riley Williams agrees to sub as a musical-theater performer on a luxury Rhine/Moselle riverboat cruise, she gets more than she bargained for. Not only must she come up with 250 Broadway songs, she is required to dance with the male passengers. Dance—the subject she nearly failed in her Conservatory courses, and the cause of her recent flop in a European Opera House. To make matters worse, she overhears two terrorists at a café in Antwerp, Belgium, discussing the transfer of deadly agent X to the highest bioterrorist bidders.
Interpol agent Jacob Coulter, an anti-terrorism desk analyst in Brussels, Belgium, insists on serving as an undercover agent after his best friend Noel is murdered by terrorists from the Brussels cell he infiltrates. Shortly before Noel dies, he manages to tell Jacob snippets of the terrorists’ plans. Plans that seem to involve the same riverboat cruise Riley is on. When Interpol learns of Riley’s encounter with terrorists, Jacob’s supervisor insists he work with her to identify the terrorists and retrieve agent X. But their relationship is fraught with distrust because of Riley’s suspicious past and a romantic attraction neither of them wants.
Book Excerpt
Next door, the grocer laid down the apples and oranges he’d been arranging in his sidewalk bin and snatched a handful of broccoli rabe from the crates stacked beside him. Giving Jacob an I-dare-you stare, he wrung the stalks until their necks went limp. He spat on the ground and tossed the ruined vegetables in the bucket at his feet.
The stench of rotting greens and overripe fruit filled Jacob’s nostrils. He’d never be able to convince them he had peace-loving Muslim friends. Friends who were as horrified as he was at the rise of jihadists. He risked a smile. “Bon soir, good evening.”
The shopkeepers glared at him, mute.
His choices were minimal. Either head for St. Jean et Nicolas up the block, or the slalom-sloped Dupont Street to his right. If he returned to his post outside the brothel, he might not find Noel.
Footsteps pounded the pavement behind him. Jacob whirled as a dark-haired man staggered up Brabant Street, his breaths heaving as if he’d run six back-to-back marathons. Crimson lakes splotched the midsection of his T-shirt and jeans. His white-rimmed eyes glazed like a man fleeing a half-crazed mob.
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Excerpt Two:https://www.guildmaster97.com/posts/cruise-to-death-epic-book-launch-excerpt/
Excerpt Three:https://lightsinadarkworld.wordpress.com/2025/07/06/cruise-to-death-by-sara-jameson-epic-book-launch/
Excerpt Four:https://www.simpleharvestreads.com/posts/cruise-to-death-book-spotlight/
Excerpt Five:https://musingsbymaureen.blogspot.com/2025/07/celebrate-lit-presents-cruise-to-death.html
Excerpt Six:https://booksyoucanfeelgoodabout.blogspot.com/2025/07/cruise-to-death.html
Excerpt Seven:https://storiesbygina.com/2025/07/17/cruise-to-death-epic-book-launch-with-celebrate-lit-publicity/
About the Author
Sara L. Jameson won Scrivenings Press’s grand prize publishing contract in January 2021. They released her debut romantic suspense novel, Cruise to Death, in June 2021. Death in High Places, (Book 2 in the Troubled Waters series), released February 2023, followed by Vengeance in Vienna, July 2024.
In real life, Sara is a multi-published, former university professor who writes non-fiction under her real name and edits book manuscripts for other authors. She also pens WWII historical novels. When not at her computer, she enjoys reading, swimming, cooking, dog-sitting, and spending time with friends.
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