Dauntless is a modern-day Romeo & Juliet on a private secluded island! Mix in a little murder mystery and you are in for a ride.
From the blurb:
Welcome to Dauntless Island, where nothing much has changed in two hundred years, and that’s just how the islanders like it.
Joe Nesmith leads a peaceful life as the lighthouse keeper on Dauntless Island, a small community off the coast of Australia where the occupants are proud of their mutinous history and have very long memories.
When graduate student Eddie Hawthorne comes to Dauntless, he brings with him a historical diary that throws everything the islanders have ever believed into disarray—and one of them may even resort to deadly measures to make sure that Eddie’s research never sees the light of day.
Unless Joe and Eddie can stop it, Dauntless’s bloody history is set to repeat itself. On the plus side, if they survive this, they might actually realise they’re falling in love.
Dauntless contains a taciturn lighthouse keeper, a cute history nerd, a dog who thinks she’s a seal, and a diary that’s apparently worth killing for. Also, watch out for the goats.
Molly Otto's review:
What's not to love about a modern-day Romeo & Juliet on a private secluded island!
Red Joe took over the Dauntless Island Lighthouse keeper position when the old keeper retired and his father passed, having him return to take care of his sister. Eddie comes to Dauntless Island to prove that the history the town has always known and believed isn't quite what they thought. Needless to say, the island residents aren't exactly excited for this information, Red Joe, however, does agree to help once he finds out Eddie was attacked to stop the information from coming out.
This starts their somewhat awkward friendship, leading to real feelings of two men who are descendents of those two families. Mix in a little murder mystery, and you can not help but be suckered in to read from start to finish. A fun, unique, and imaginative read, well worth the chance.
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