Island

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>In the Wasteland no man is an island...except for him.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Born after the era of cell phones drive-thrus and shopping malls Isla McNeil isn't one to complain about her life in that hidden settlement they call the Valley. Perhaps the last safe place for hundreds of kilometres she's lived there all her life alongside her grandparents two siblings and her childhood best friend Noah Harding--a massive bearded mountain of taciturn muscle who thinks and listens more than he speaks. At least that's how most people see him...except for Isla who looks past his facade of quiet to the surprisingly gentle man underneath.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Isla and Noah have been inseparable since they were young but things change once Isla begins dating the most eligible bachelor in their small community John Madigan. Dreaming of the perfect husband home and children Isla is eager to settle down and build the life she wants with the hot popular guy she's always fantasized about hardly noticing that the closer she moves to John the further away she moves from Noah.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>But her hopes for the future are dashed and a night of unforgettable passion with her childhood friend has Isla rethinking everything she thought she knew about herself and the man who may have been holding a torch for her all along.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)><em>Island </em>is a post-apocalyptic romance novella that takes place in the world of <em>The Wastelander</em>.<em> </em>Although this story can be read as a standalone and has a HEA it also serves as a prequel to <em>The Wastelander </em>book 1 of my novel-length post-apocalyptic romance series <em>(Island</em> takes place 4 years prior)<em>.</em> Two of the characters featured in this story (John and Kimmy) also appear in <em>The Wastelander </em>as main characters. NOTE: the free ebook version is available via the author's email newsletter. This listing is only for the physical hardcover edition.</strong></p><p></p>