The Maas River Run

Liselotte Duynhoven’s heirloom pear cider needs two things to ferment into perfection: gentle river motion and time. To bring her vintage to life, she charters a classic cargo barge along the winding Maas, ready for hard work and quiet water. She didn’t count on Captain Sander Klaaskerk. Tall, broad-shouldered, and fiercely protective of his vessel, Sander runs a tight ship and prefers to keep his distance from his spirited charter. But the intimacy of life on the water is impossible to resist. Between navigating misty river locks by day and sharing rich tastings in the wheelhouse by night, the spark between them flares into an intoxicating, slow-burning romance that neither of them can steer away from.