The Captain's Cook: A Novel

"The wind is like a dance partner, always changing, always leading us in a different direction . . ."
When an ad for a luxury yacht searching for a chef crosses Jessica Kline's eyes, she knows this is it: the chance for a fresh start. Broke, divorced, uninspired in her career, and unlucky in love in her late fifties, she finds herself at Marina del Rey's California Yacht Club, staring down the Slow Dance as it waits to embark on a voyage to Tahiti and beyond. It is time for her interview to...