On the Island (On the Island #1)
Tracey Garvis Graves
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
3.90
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· 138 ratings · 336 pages · 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 23
- friends to lovers 17
- forbidden love 17
- contemporary 15
- pregnancy 14
- suspense 14
- slow burn 11
- forced proximity 10
- teacher/coach heroine 9
- virgin hero 6
- angst 3
- shy hero 3
- competent heroine 3
- sweet/gentle hero 3
- survival 3
- tortured heroine 2
- possessive hero 2
- college 2
- class difference 2
- hurt/comfort 2
- height difference 2
- caretaking 2
- m-f romance 2
- independent heroine 1
- new adult 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- animal death 2
- death / grief 2
- suicide / ideation 2
- mental illness 2
- Format
- Audiobook
- dual pov 8
- male pov 3
- first person pov 2
romance tags
The 'On the Island' series
178 ratings 3.91 ·
contemporary · m-f · dual-pov · beta-hero · class difference · first-person-pov · new adult · height-difference · virgin hero · angst · forbidden love · friends to lovers · mental illness · tycoon · suspense · slow burn · competent heroine · teacher-heroine · audiobook · suicide
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