Noel Woodbury is a retired English professor whose one true love was taken from him way too early, leaving him a grumpy, lonely man. Love is the last thing he's looking for on the birthday/Christmas cruise his sister gifts him.

Joshua Nolan is thrilled to be cruising with his best friends just before Christmas. Then a chance meeting and a love of reading might lead to other things.

Can bar waiter Gabe work his match making magic to help a grinch-y guy find love again with a younger man?