The classic story of the Swiss Family Robinson becomes a thrilling adventure in paradise.

Experiencing an infatuation at one time or another for a famous heartthrob while growing up is not uncommon for the typical adolescent girl. Unfortunately, the odds statistically of ever meeting a celebrity crush in person at any age are one out of a million. Furthermore, the chances of ever becoming stranded alone, in a remote cabin in the woods with that same childhood heartthrob, are zero out of a billion. Until now… Sage Cassava idolized and...

Jane, Buzz, Carter, and Vanessa, aged nine to thirteen, are on a sailing trip in the South Pacific intended to help them bond in their newly-blended family when a massive storm strands them on a deserted island.

Malik is kidnapped on the day he's to be married to Roman. Malik escapes and they search for the culprit, but open a box of secrets instead.

On a windy morning in April 2005, two friends set out to go fishing near Charleston, South Carolina. The teenagers paddled their small 15-foot (5.6 m) boat into the choppy Atlantic Ocean. They planned to stay close to shore and fish. Suddenly, their boat became caught in a powerful rip current. It began to sweep the small vessel away from shore. The frightened teenagers tried paddling back to land with all their might, but the current was too strong....

In early 2007, Loic Pillois and Guilhem Nayral went on a 60-mile hike in the Amazon rain forest in French Guiana. Despite having a map and a compass, the two friends became hopelessly lost. They built fires, hoping to attract the attention of planes passing overhead, but their efforts didn't work. For weeks Loic and Guilhem survived by eating frogs, centipedes, turtles, and bird-eating spiders. Would the two men be able to find their way back to civilization...

In September 2013, 72-year-old Gene Penaflor was hunting for deer in California's Mendocino National Forest when he fell onto rocky terrain and was knocked unconscious. When he awoke, the hunter was disoriented and lost. Days went by but rescuers did not come. To survive, Gene ate squirrels, frogs, and lizards. He kept himself warm in the subfreezing temperatures by building small fires and covering himself with leaves and grass. Would help arrive...

Sometimes deep dark secrets don't stay hidden… When Sage Cassava wed legendary Hollywood actor Brandon Parrish, her grandmother gave the couple-as a wedding present-the two-story secluded cabin in Montana that belonged to her late husband. Extremely pregnant and restless, with Brandon off wrapping up a movie tour in London, Sage starts cleaning out her grandfather's old office in the barn and comes across a box of his personal journals in the back...

A masterful short story from the acclaimed author of Catch-22, about one long night of anticipation.
In a small town in the American South, it is night in the middle of the twentieth century. Carter, a high-school teacher and football coach in the newly desegregated schools, is awaiting news of two of his students who have been in a serious altercation. Outside the building where Carter has kept his vigil, a crowd of townspeople have...