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Beyond Sunrise [Mass Market Paperback]

Candice Proctor


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April 2003
Can life ever be a real adventure without falling in love?

Ever since she can remember, India McKnight has craved adventure, dreaming of lands past the horizon. Following her calling, she becomes a travel writer, a vocation that takes her far and wide. All the while, she vows never to risk her freedom by falling in love. But when she sails to the exotic and unknown regions of the South Pacific, a rugged man brave enough to be her guide just may be the one who can lay claim to her heart.

Having turned his back on the “civilized” world long ago, Jack Ryder has been living in seclusion, hiding from the pain and betrayal buried in his past. When the beautiful, hotheaded Scotswoman arrives at his hut looking for a guide, he agrees to take her to the island of Takaku—despite the challenge—just to prove that her stubborn theories about native life are wrong. But when their journey turns dangerous, their fates become forever entwined. Forced to rely on each other for their very survival, they soon discover that passion and even deeper peril await them . . . just beyond the sunrise.

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Ivy Books; 1 edition (April 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0345447182
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345447180
  • Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 2.9 x 17.4 cm
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,052,006 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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THE TRADE WINDS blowing off the Coral Sea were warm and sweet, evocative reminders of faraway places that whistled through the rigging of the ketches and sloops riding at anchor in the sun-spangled Rabaul Harbor, and flapped the heavy skirt of Miss India McKnight's sensible serge traveling outfit. Read the first page
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars 19th century south Pacific version of the African Queen 11 May 2003
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Renowned for her global travel books, India McKnight needs a guide to visit the South Seas island of Takaku, but no one will take her because of the native cannibal populace. British Naval Captain Simon Granger suggests India ask Jack Ryder, who lived with cannibals, to take her. Jack and his adolescent partner Patu agree to take India to the island so that she can determine whether the rock formation is natural or man-made.

Jack drops India on the island, giving her a few hours to return. However, Simon and his ship arrive. They want to catch Jack, accused of killing half a crew by sinking the Lady Juliana. Jack takes India hostage and they trek across the island as he tries to reach the French side. On the journey, Jack and India fall in love, but he knows she has no future with him.

Fans of the African Queen will want to read this nineteenth century south Pacific version of the classic. The story line hooks the reader from the moment India dumps a bucket of water on a drunken sleeping it off Jack. Readers will compare the lead couple to Bogart and Hepburn and realize the duo is a charming pair. Though some readers may detest the use of profanity, it fits in an action-packed plot that goes full throttle until the finish.

Harriet Klausner

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars South Pacific Island romance and adventure 12 Nov 2004
By Lealing - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Mass Market Paperback
India McKnight is a 19th century travel writer. She has travelled the World and recounted her tales in her renowned books. She finds herself in the South Pacific trying to find a way to get to Takaku a cannibal infested island, where she wants to do research for her next book. The only person willing to risk taking her to the island is Jack Ryder, a rough hard drinking loner who has deserted the civilised World to live his life amongst the natives of the South Pacific.

Together Jack and India embark on an adventure on the island of Takaku. Jack is being chased by her majesty's navy and when they catch up with him they will bring him back to the United Kingdom where he will be tried for killing his fellow sailors and eventually hung. When his majesty's officers catch up with Kack on the island of Takaku, Jack takes India hostage and they journey from the north of the island through the rough jungles of Takaku to the safe haven of La Rochelle on the south of the island. As Jack and India encounter trouble throught the jungles they also find each other attracted to each other.

This was an adventure filled with beautiful descriptions of the South Pacific. You can really envisage the beautiful flora of the islands and smell their fagrant scents. Jack was a real tough hunk but also kind and caring, taking care of India as they crossed the rough terrain. India was a strong lady but a wee bit stubborn at times. Candice Proctor always has a way of drawing her readers into the story and you can really feel the pain that Jack hides and the love that India feels for him. A highly recommended read.

Lea Ling Tsang
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars An action and adventure romance on the high seas and islands of the South Pacific 6 Nov 2005
By N. A. Genovese - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Candice Proctor has meticulously crafted an exciting action and adventure romance on the high seas and islands of the South Pacific. I especially liked the principal characters who are bigger than life. Even the secondary characters are interesting and realistic. One-fourth through the book, the heroine had been shot at, captured by island cannibals, chased by the British navy over "a thundering gorge and through a cave full of moldy skeletons of generations of man-eaters," and had almost drowned in the flooding Cave of Songs. And that's only the beginning. What I enjoyed most about the book is that about two-thirds through the book, the plot reveals new facts that breathe new life into an already exciting adventure.

Candice Proctor is skillful and knowledgeable enough to vividly describe two ships being tossed about on the high seas as one chased the other as it escaped through God's Pathway, a belt of reefs with atolls stretching some twenty five miles or more. Only a skillful helmsman, a trait the hero definitely has, can maneuver through God's Pathway and failure meant that everyone on board would become shark food. This scene was so realistically and vividly told that I wonder if Candice Proctor is actually a skillful helmswoman herself.

Every page is filled with suspense and intrigue while the sexual tension between the hero and the heroine slowly escalates until they can no longer resist their long suppressed urges and desires.

Beyond Sunrise held me captive from the first page to the last page. This is the first book I've read by Candice Proctor and it was so exciting that I have bought her other books and plan to read them all. Beyond Sunrise is a great book and I recommend it highly.
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