On the Island (On the Island #1)
Tracey Garvis Graves
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
3.80
· Steam/Spice level: 3 of 5
Open door [?]
· 77 ratings · Published: 10 Jul 2012
T.J. Callahan has no desire to leave town, not that anyone asked him. He's almost seventeen and if having cancer wasn't bad enough, now he has to spend his first summer in remission with his family - and a stack of overdue assignments -- instead of his friends.
Anna and T.J. are en route to join T.J.'s family in the Maldives when the pilot of their seaplane suffers a fatal heart attack and crash-lands in the Indian Ocean. Adrift in shark-infested waters, their life jackets keep them afloat until they make it to the shore of an uninhabited island. Now Anna and T.J. just want to survive and they must work together to obtain water, food, fire, and shelter.
Their basic needs might be met but as the days turn to weeks, and then months, the castaways encounter plenty of other obstacles, including violent tropical storms, the many dangers lurking in the sea, and the possibility that T.J.'s cancer could return. As T.J. celebrates yet another birthday on the island, Anna begins to wonder if the biggest challenge of all might be living with a boy who is gradually becoming a man.
Tagged as:
- age gap 19
- forbidden love 16
- friends to lovers 15
- contemporary 13
- pregnancy 13
- suspense 12
- virgin hero 8
- slow burn 8
- forced proximity 7
- dual pov 7
- teacher/coach heroine 6
- shy hero 3
- tortured heroine 2
- possessive hero 2
- college 2
- angst 2
- male pov 2
- class difference 2
- hurt/comfort 2
- competent heroine 2
- sweet/gentle hero 2
- first person pov 1
- independent heroine 1
- new adult 1
- height difference 1
- caretaking 1
- m-f romance 1
- survival 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- animal death 1
- death / grief 1
- suicide / ideation 1
- mental illness 1
romance tags
The 'On the Island' series
101 ratings 3.84 ·
dual-pov · m-f · contemporary · mental illness · pregnancy · age difference · death · possessive hero · survival · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · new adult · super rich hero · independent heroine · caretaking · mystery · tearjerkers · open-door · shy-hero · angst
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