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1941, Poland. Though war rages around her and occupying German forces march steadily onward, 16-year-old Aleksandra has lived her life sheltered from danger. Until one day, she goes to school—never to return. Pushed roughly into a truck with other schoolgirls like her, a single ominous word tells her all she needs to know about her fate: Lebensborn.

When Jessica’s relationship of five years crumbles apart, she boards the Dreamer of the Seas, in hopes that a cruise is all she needs to bounce back. Catie finds herself in a sticky situation, but not one that she’s foreign to. Convincing her mom to let her go on this cruise with her boyfriend is the easy part. The hard part is finding someone on board to be her boyfriend. She’ll need all hands on deck to figure this out.

Jilted at the altar, heartbroken Scotland "Scottie" Holiday feels utterly conned by her supposed Prince Charming. In reflecting on her ethos of love, however, Scottie determines the real villain is the Kingston Company: the children's entertainment and amusement park conglomerate responsible for all those glittery fairy tales she watched on a loop growing up.