The Island

A few posts back I mentioned a book I had written using an idea my mother had not gotten around to writing. (Click on the highlighted words to go to that post.) The book is now available at Amazon so I thought I would reblog about the book.

My mother’s idea was about a young woman showing up at her family’s ‘retreat/house’ only to find a stranger there and it should, as with a good romance, have sparks flying. I liked the idea, but decided it had to be remote enough that neither protagonist can ‘leave’ easily. I also tried to think through the motivation of each person for being there. So I think I can fairly claim the book is my own even if it started from my mother’s idea.

Enter Sylvia Harriot Fuller heading for her family’s island to escape the end of a bad marriage. Only she isn’t alone and the island might not be her family’s anymore. She and the ‘man’ who is there go through some misunderstandings, including his firing at her. “If I had wanted to hit you, I would have.” She thinks he is paparazzi. He expected to be alone on the island.

After an accident and with a hurricane coming at their position, they need each other to survive. They are both vulnerable and dealing with personal ‘demons’ and trust is not a quantity of which either has a great deal.

You can find this book at Amazon as an ebook. This one’s for you Mom.