Book description
Gemma Barrett has many friends, a job in a Southampton department store
and a blossoming romance with the enigmatic Nick Weston, a first officer
with Cunard. Life would be good if it wasn't for her mother, Eve, who
likes more to drink than is good for her. And when Gemma's dad walks out
and Eve starts bringing strange men home, Gemma doesn't know where to
turn. Desperate to escape, she seizes the opportunity to be a stewardess
on the Queen Mary, voyaging to and from New York. When she discovers
that Nick is also on board, it seems an affirmation that she made the
right decision. But a chance encounter with Vince Morelli, a gang boss
in the New York docks, looks set to jeopardise her newfound happiness.
June Tate was born in Southampton. After leaving school she became a
hairdresser and spent several years working on cruise ships, first on
the Queen Mary and then on the Mauritania, meeting many Hollywood film
stars and VIPs on her travels. After her marriage to an airline pilot,
she lived in Sussex and Hampshire before moving to Estoril in Portugal.
June, who has two adult daughters, now lives in Sussex.
