Stranded

Desert Island Duet, Book 1

By: Shona Knight

Narrated by: Bridget Bordeaux, Jake Bordeaux

For fifteen years, Darla has been stranded alone on a deserted island. When three strange men crash-land there, she watches from the trees, terrified they'll be just as cruel as the last men who came.

But these men are different. They laugh, they share, they're kind to the wildlife. And despite every instinct telling her to stay hidden, Darla finds herself drawn to them. She begins helping in secret, leaving food and small gifts, until the line between fear and curiosity begins to blur.

When she must choose between staying hidden and saving their lives, the answer is clear. And soon, they awaken something inside her she thought had died long ago… hope.

But Darla knows all too well that paradise can turn deadly in an instant.

She's survived alone this long… but can she survive letting them in?

Stranded is the first part of a duet and ends in a cliffhanger. It's a hurt/comfort, why-choose, MFMM+, romance novel with dark themes. No mm/ff/cheating/owd. The FMC will not have to choose between her love interests. Contains mature content. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website.

©2025 Shona Knight (P)2025 Podium Audio

Good book

It was a good book. Darla/Z is the main girl. She's been stuck on this island for more than half her life. She has several coping mechanism. Talking to inanimate objects being the main one. Some men wash up on her island but she already had one bad experience with men so she tries to stay hidden. Obviously that doesn't work. There is some serious trauma that she is working with also there is a background bad guy that doesn't get spoken of too much till the end. There is a second part coming to audio in January that should answer all those questions that were left. I will be buying it.

Fabulous

Great story and original. The characters have immense depth and there are turns you never expect in the storyline. Fantastic read and I highly recommend.

Great story, decent narration

The story was beautiful and heartwrenching. Darla is so much fun. A great mix between strong, vulnerable and fun.

The male narrator was very good. The female one a bit over the top sometimes, but still good for Darla's voice. However, the audiobook would have been a lot better if it had had duet narration.

The male characters sounded like caricatures when voiced by the female narrator. I remember an old interview by Stephen Fry who said that as a man voicing female characters he made sure not to do a high pitched voice as people often do to imitate girls, since that makes it sound like he's mocking women and makes them sound like caricatures. The female narrator does the male equivalent here, she tries to make her voice really low, but it only makes the characters sound silly. I did get used to it eventually.