Vacationing
on the beautiful Caribbean island of Antigua, Janey Sinclair is persuaded by her
magazine editor boss to do a quick island hop in order to supervise an
impromptu photo-shoot for the front cover. With no flights immediately
available, Janey is directed to the harbour.
Captain Travis Mathews hates tourists,
although he’s not above making a bit of money off a prissy and sharp tongued
young British girl when she’s desperate to get to the neighbouring island of
Tortola.
After striking a deal, they set off
together in Travis’s weather-beaten old boat. When the vessel comes to a sudden
full stop in the sea, the mismatched pair end up as castaways on an uninhabited
island.
In this fast moving romantic adventure
about a vacation that turns into a tropical nightmare there’s more fun than
you’ll find in any travel brochure.…
I was incredibly fortunate to spend the summer of 2014
in the Caribbean, writing and researching this novel. I found it challenging only
in the respect of being continually distracted from the manuscript by the
tropical sunshine, the white sand beaches, the warm aquamarine sea, rum
cocktails, and the fabulous social scene on offer. Many of these distractions
are well documented on my website, blog and Facebook page, if you are
interested in reading the details and seeing the photos!
For the purposes of proper research for Castaway in the Caribbean, I travelled
to and explored many Caribbean islands and, despite my tendency for sea
sickness, I also spent a lot of time in boats. I even got to sail around
Tortola, the larger of the British Virgin Islands, in a restored schooner that
had been used in the filming of the original Pirates of the Caribbean movie.
The Virgin Islands inspired me with the modern day setting
for Castaway in the Caribbean
because, of this chain of around 90 small islands, islets, cays and rocks in
the Caribbean Sea, many are uninhabited.
I eventually settled down to write this romantic
adventure story on the Caribbean island of Utila, the smaller of the Bay
Islands, just off the coast of Honduras. Likened to the Key West of long ago,
Utila is a quaint, unspoilt and laid-back little island. Sitting on the largest
barrier reef in the western hemisphere, it is also a paradise for scuba diving,
which is exactly was what my husband was doing every day while I was busy
writing this story.
Research is a valuable tool for a writer, so I do hope
all the fun and adventure I had in the Caribbean has found its way into the
pages of Castaway in the Caribbean.
Janice
xx
Janice Horton writes contemporary
romantic fiction with a dash of humour and a sense of adventure. Look out for
Janice’s new release for 2015 ‘Castaway in the Caribbean’ and her Amazon Kindle
bestselling books 'Bagpipes and Bullshot' and 'Reaching for the Stars' and her
fun ‘Voodoo Romance’ series of novellas. Her nonfiction guide to online
promotion 'How To Party Online' is recommended reading
for
all authors and writers by
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If you’re looking for romance on a tropical
island then this is just the book for you. At first I thought how lucky Janey
was to have such a caring boyfriend as Mark, who whisks her off to a Caribbean
island in order to propose. When he insists on going to the same restaurant and
eating the same food, it becomes obvious that he’s a bit of a control freak. He
doesn’t like it when Janey has to go to a neighbouring island to interview a model.
The pace begins to heat up with the introduction of Travis, Captain of the boat
sailing Janey to Antigua. I loved the interaction between these two and when
the boat is marooned and they come across a bunch of marauding pirates, their
true natures are revealed. It’s a bit like Robinson Crusoe and Girl Friday meet Pirates of the Caribbean – romance, adventure and thrills abound. Some readers
might find the ending a tad predictable but then who doesn’t want a Happy Ever
After?
4.5/5
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