Night, Sea and Stars

I wish that men in real life could compare to Heather Graham's men. I have never met one. I would love to be stranded on an island with someone like Kyle. The book was great. Heather Graham's books are always good and very hard to put down.

I have read alot of Ms. Graham's work, and this is an older one, written orginally in 1983 and the time shows in the way the hero and heroine interact. The hero was very dominating and nearly abusive towards the heroine and alot older than her also. (he was 40 she is 26)Reflecting the times of romances in the 80's. By today's standards this book would'nt be well recieved. So in reading it, you have to remember when it was written.The beginning was great and I was quickly pulled into the story when they crashed on the deserted island and then had to fend for themselves but eventually fell for one another. I started to get pulled back out when they were rescued and the subplots of stolen gold and a bitter divorce along with an unwanted pregnancy began to cloud the mood she had woven earlier on.The hero Kyle Jagger was a little too dominate for my taste and too cold. He was continuously in a bad mood and flew off the handle for no reason. He treated the heroine Skye Delaney like a pampered and beautiful pet that was too ignorant or fragile to make her own mistakes or decisions. She was only a corporate excecutive after all and owned her own company, lol. She was strong in the beginning, but lost my respect when she submitted to Kyle's dominance and somewhat cruel treatment. She began acting like an 18 year old school girl who needed a much older man's wise advice and wisdom to make her decisions for her. In the end I was wishing she would run off with Kyle's brother or son, lol. But all in all, it was highly entertaining and a great book to sit out on the beach or on your porch with for the afternoon.~Fate stepped in when fashion executive Skye Delaney survived a crash on a deserted island with a surly pilot alone. Both overly domineering and suductive, Skye lost her inhibitions to him and forgot about the 'real world' waiting for them to be found. How coulkd she return to a fiance and a life of hard work when she found paradise in this man's arms? The only problem? Skye soon realizes who he REALLY is and it makes her heart break. He is Kyle Jagger, the owner and tycoon of the company she flew with and crashed. He is also married with a 20 year old son and he is reputed to be a major playboy. Can the sultry eden change his ways? Should Skye distance herself from him before its too late?Kyle Jagger is a hard and bitter man with a nasty estranged wife at home and a son he adores. Getting stranded on an island that reminded him of paradise with a gorgeous woman he can't seem to stop thinking about made things worse. He needs to find a way off the island before its too late and before someone who may have caused the crash comes looking for them...Tracy Talley~@

Due to her occupation Skye Delaney is placed on a plane headed back home with Kyle Jaggar as pilot when the plane goes down. Stranded on a deserted island (and Kyle being a good "boy scout")they make the best of the situation and set up house. Kyle is over-persuasive and talks Skye into a sexual relationship. Since they could be there on the island for quite a while, you know. Skye is a single (with a serious boyfriend back home), independent, business woman that "becomes pudding in Kyle's hands." Kyle is a little more complicated. Co-owner of the airlines, Kyle is a domineering, playboy, tyconne that is married with an estranged wife and has a son he adores. The time they spend on the island is that of paradise which ends short when they are rescued after 6 weeks by Kyle's brother, Michael. When they return to the "real world." Their relationship finds several complications to be worked out. The book is ok but HG has other wonderful books out there to be enjoyed that I don't rate this one up there very high, though I did finish it and enjoyed the ending. I would say go ahead and read it if you want or go to her other series like "Runaway" and "One wore Blue". It is hard to beat them.

This is the first "Heather Graham" book I read. It was interesting enough for me to finish on a rainy afternoon. It definitely grabs your attention in the beginning but after the rescue, my attention span lulled off and part of me wished that Skye would've left Kyle. This leading man was not very appealing to me. I would definitely recommend the series books that she writes over this book. It was a good read, but not as well written as the "And one rode..." series