Stranded - Pepper Pace I am fast becoming a fan of Pepper Pace. This is a great survival love story with everyday people who do extordiary things and love each other. This is a really sweet romance at it heart. The hero is respectful, admires, and likes the heroine with whom he finds himself stranded. The heroine also accepts the hero as how he is and is practical and clever. I love how they get to know each other and don't roll round in the sand first thing. There is a bit of culture clash in places because of their different backgrounds. However, mostly thier differences serve to enhance each other and help them survive. It is wonderful message in the book but done in a way that is not heavy handed. The crisis in the book that occur are real and compelling as is how the couple moves through these events. There are ways in which this book could have become a five star with more character development and a longer HEA where we see the couple putting back together a new life after the island but the story is very good as it is. I highly recommend you read this sweet, real, and sexy book.