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Battle Ship Kindle Edition

by Brittany Cournoyer (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 out of 5 stars 206 ratings
Dawson Hoshaw lives by one motto—work hard, play harder. As the owner of Blue Lotus, a tattoo and piercing shop, he’s got the first part covered. The second part, he accomplishes through meaningless hookups and no-strings-attached encounters. It’s safer this way, with no risk of getting his heart broken again. But when his best friend, Peyton, enters him in a contest—and wins—Dawson finds himself the recipient of an all-expenses paid singles cruise around New Zealand, courtesy of Valentine’s Inc.

As long as he can remember, Stephen Kincaid has known it’s his duty to take over his family’s chain of men’s clothing stores. The closer his father grows to retirement, the more responsibility Steven assumes. Running multiple businesses and living up to expectations doesn’t leave him with much time for dating, and he can’t remember the last time he took a vacation. So when he wins a contest he didn’t even enter, he can’t pass up the opportunity to see Australia before returning to his humdrum life.

When a mix-up forces Dawson and Steven to share a cabin, their dream vacation turns into a nightmare. It wouldn’t be so bad if they could escape each other during the day, but it’s hard not to run into one another. And the more time they spend together, the more they find they don’t want to stay away. After a night of passion, Stephen and Dawson can’t help giving in to the growing feelings between them. But how can they make this vacation fling work once they go back to the real world?

Battle Ship is a Valentine’s Inc. novella, but you will see familiar faces with this Forever in Middlebury Crossover. At 35,00 words, it can be read as a standalone and is intended for adults 18 and over.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07VLC4J2D
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 22, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.2 MB
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Brittany was born in a small town in Alabama and moved to Indiana when she was thirteen years old. She resides there to this day and, when not writing, works in customer service. She loves to spend her free time writing stories, playing with her dog, Delilah, watching true crime shows, baking, and spending time with loved ones.

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  • Marakita
    5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet romance
    Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2019
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    This is the story of Dawson and Stephen. I loved this story. It is written beautifully with great characters. Filled with emotional ups and downs that keeps you turning the pages. Chemistry between them is off the charts. Great great read. Can't wait for the next book.

    I received this book as an Arc and I am reviewing it voluntarily.
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  • Amazon Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Enemies to lovers and so much fun
    Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2020
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    This is a fantastic opposites attract romance featuring commitment-phobic Dawson and Stephen, who is still coming to terms with his sexuality.

    Part of the Valentine's Inc. Cruises series, this is one of my favorite books in the collection.

    Spiky, sexy, enjoyable. It's the perfect low-angst love story for your needs.
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  • Cezanne
    3.0 out of 5 stars Opposites definitely attract
    Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2019
    Couldn't get two more opposite people to fall in love. I loved it.
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  • Becca
    5.0 out of 5 stars 4.5*
    Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2020
    Nothing like winning a cruise you know nothing about, and to have to endure that cruise with someone you hate. Well, not necessarily hate, but someone that makes you feel things you never have and don’t know what to do with yourself.

    Dawson gets a surprise from his best friend, in the form of a cruise to New Zealand. He’s excited and thanks him, until he realizes it’s a singles cruise. What makes it worse, is his best friend’s boyfriend’s best friend, Stephen, won the same cruise and for some reason, he seems to hate Dawson. Although Dawson has never done anything to the man. Now not only do they have to split the cruise, they have to share the same cabin and some of the dinners. Dawson wonders if he can go home. Stephen thinks the same thing. But Dawson decides he’s going to have fun in spite of Stephen. They eventually make a truce but every time Stephen sees Dawson talking to some guy, he thinks the worst and treats Dawson like crap after. Well, at a dinner, Stephen runs away after seeing something and assuming the wrong thing. And Dawson has had enough. He goes back to the room to hash it out and it ends up a passionate night. But on the last day, Dawson wonders if they will continue on and Stephen says something that goes too far. Dawson is destroyed and Stephen doesn’t think he can ever make it right.

    I don’t care how old you are, coming out is hard. Even if everyone seems to already know. With bullying and homophobia, kids being kicked out, people being beaten, families disowning each other, it’s just horrifying. So I don’t blame Stephen for being upset at how he feels for Dawson. I am upset by how he treats Dawson. It’s not Dawson’s fault and he has no clue why Stephen is acting the way he is.

    The bad part is Stephen has no clue Dawson is really gun shy. With what happened to him 5 years ago, he’s not ready to jump onto a relationship or anything. He just wants to have fun. Yeah, he’s aware that it’s kind of given him a rep back home but oh well. Sure he gets lonely, but he’s rather be lonely than go through that ordeal again.

    But these two have a chemistry that’s off the charts. They’re both just fighting it. Stephen maybe a bit harder than Dawson, but still. And they both realize how electric it is when they finally come together. But in order to fix it for either of them, they have to let go of doubts and fears. And embrace a new life.

    Another good book in this series.
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  • E.Muddle
    4.0 out of 5 stars Sort-of-enemies to lovers, forced proximity and mutual pining
    Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2019
    This was a short, low-angst, sort-of-enemies in forced proximity story. Dawson and Stephen are thrown together on a Valentine's Inc cruise to New Zealand after both winning the prize. Only having met once before, and with Stephen taking a dislike to Dawson, having to share the prize package leads to a rather unwelcome situation of suddenly not being able to escape one another. Even since meeting Dawson, Stephen had been struggling with his sexuality and really this is the underlying root of their animosity - the attraction sizzling between them. Dawson is a little more relaxed about the situation and slowly being around him gets Stephen to open up and experience being in the moment.

    I really liked the secondary characters of Abby and Donny. They were great friends to both Stephen and Dawson respectively, and not to mention the little bubbles of jealousy they helped stir to the surface. It's not long before the forced proximity, jealousy and secret mutual pining leads to something that can't be ignored anymore...

    *I received an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review*
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  • julianne
    5.0 out of 5 stars Battle Ship (Valentine's Inc. Cruises Book 4)
    Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2019
    i read this book as part of an arc program. This is a book in the Valentine Inc. Cruises seres. In this book, Dawson owns a tattoo parlour and his best friend tells him he won a cruise, but he can't go, so he wants Dawson to take it. Dawson agrees, but then he finds out it is a singles cruise. Dawson don't have relationships since he had his heart broken and he has no interest in finding someone for a relationship. He only has one night stands and he thinks the cruise could be fun. Stephen is a workaholic and he gets an email saying he won cruise. He was going to ignore it, but something told him to go on the vacation now before his work gets even busier. When Stephen went to cash in the cruise, he sees Dawson there. They had briefly met through friends and Stephen was confused about his attraction to Dawson because he was straight. Stephen was questioning himself and seeing Dawson annoyed him. There was a mix up and there was only supposed to be one cruise, but they have to split the prize. When they board the ship, Stephen is even more annoyed when he learns he is sharing a room with Dawson. Dawson tries to make the best of things and wants to call a truce between them and Stephen is wondering how he is going to get through the cruise so close to Dawson and control his feelings. I really liked this book, i laughed out loud and loved the love/ hate relationship they had. I loved Dawson and his carefree attitude, i think Stephen needed to give up control and go with the flow of things. This was a very entertaining read. Great one.
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  • Andrea
    4.0 out of 5 stars Valentines inc 4
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 16, 2019
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    After a mix up with winning a free cruise around New Zealand ends up with two men having to share the prize
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  • Sharing The Book Love
    4.0 out of 5 stars Dawson and Stephen
    Reviewed in Australia on August 31, 2019
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    I have been waiting for Dawson and Stephen story for ages. So glad it was written as part of this wonderful series, I wanna go on a cruise now with my family as this series is so inspiring.
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  • Loobylou
    3.0 out of 5 stars 3.5 Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 13, 2022
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    I liked Battle Ship but all the errors/typos out me off somewhat. Also, Stephen was an idiot. There, I've said it. All in all the Valentine's Inc Cruises series has been a bit of a mixed bag for me so far!
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  • Jacquie
    3.0 out of 5 stars Series not hitting the spot
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 10, 2020
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    Everything seemed to happen in the last 20 pages and I didn't feel the chemistry between the MC's. The side characters were interesting though
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