Castaway
in the Caribbean
More fun than you’ll find in any travel brochure…
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.…
Message from the Author
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 publishers. Janice is a regular
blogger from her website at janicehorton.co.uk and you'll also find her on
Facebook and Twitter.
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