Cruise by Jennifer Ames 1934 Hodder and Stoughton

Cruise
Jennifer Ames
London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd. 1934
318 pages

The front hinge is cracked, the binding has breaks but all pages are present and attached. The pages are clean but lightly tanning. The cover is scuffed and edge worn, the spine is toned, has marks and slight crease. Acceptable. Hardcover.

Chapter 1:  The liner lay like a hugh white duck against the wharf, the straggling sunlight glinting on its fat golden funnels, its spotless deck thronged with people chatting eagerly, excitedly, of the coming cruise. A great event in most of their lives, this winter trip to the West Indies. To some it was adventure, to others romance, to a few it was merely an escape.

Tad Winters leant against the railings and eyed the crowd with indifference, even with a faint contempt. The prospect of this cruise held no thrill for her. She hadn't wanted to come. She hadn't wanted to leave London even though...but it was no use keeping on thinking about Des. He was gone like the other men, shadows who had passed through her life. But the others she had sent away. She hadn't sent Des......   .14 (#0000867)