(2012 National Readers' Choice Awards Finalist in Romantic Suspense)(The Romance Reviews "Top Pick" 5 stars) Strangers: a handsome British actor and a young American business woman on the run for their lives After death threats for her late father's business crimes, a young woman escapes with her new fiance on a South Pacific cruise and becomes stranded with another man--a cynical and devastatingly handsome English actor--in a fish-out-of water survival game. Unfortunately, the only people who know they are alive are those out to kill her. 2012 National Readers' Choice Awards Finalist in Romantic Suspense Romance Writers of America's San Diego "Spring Into Romance" Contest Finalist ************************************************************** DANGEROUS PARADISE -Full-length, 107,000 word, Contemporary, Romantic Suspense Adventure Novel with mystery and humorous elements - "A Glitzy, Sexy Romance with a Dangerous Twist" The Story: Kelly Cochran's late father was accused of embezzlement, causing the financial ruin of many clients. After death threats, she gets away on a South Pacific cruise to consider her options. She thinks she has her life all figured out. She'll save the family business to repay the investors and marry her Mr. Right, her childhood crush and mentor--the wealthy movie producer Robert Hillyard. Everything is going as planned on the cruise ship until an assassination attempt on her life leaves Kelly in a life-and-death survival situation with her fiance's associate, Alex Drake. English actor Alex is devastatingly handsome and the most infuriating man she's ever met. He's recently out of a marriage made in Hell and vows never to remarry. The cynical playboy is the last person she'd want to be stranded with alone on a tropical island. For Alex, who wants to be the next major movie star, getting involved with Kelly is career suicide as her future husband employs him. Now, in a fish-out-of-water survival game and trying to find their way home, they are dependent on each other for everything, even in the depths of the night. To survive, Kelly and Alex must put aside their differences while their attraction escalates. Unfortunately, the two don't have time to analyze their feelings for each other since the only people who know they are alive are those out to kill her."