Surviving Demon Island

By Jaci Burton

Book Overview

What's America's top female action star doing on a tropical island shrouded in secrecy? To Gina Bliss, competing in a survival-type reality show is a nice change from fending off on-screen villains.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440243351
• ISBN13: 9780440243359
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Dell
• Length: 339 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Hot start to a new series

I loved this book! Very interesting and fun with a lot of action and steamy sex. Although there was a bit much of the 1st person analysis and self-doubt, it didn't take from the story at all. Derek and Gina have great chemistry.

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loved this book,loved this heroine she is my hero. The action is fast paced if the story is a little predictable at times the author makes up for it with her descriptions, you could almost feel the tension in some of the scenes

4.5 Stars- Great combinition Steamy Romance and Paranormal Action Adventure Jaci's got it all!

I am a bit wary of former Ellora's cave authors, but Jaci Burton does a great job of transitioning to main stream romance. While still majorly steamy, crude language is kept to a minimum and she avoids the 'anatomy lesson' type love scenes that tend to break the mood for me. This book has it all. Great leading characters, great supporting characters, and great action sequences both in the bedroom and out on the demon hunt. Gina is a great action adventure heroine, she is an adrenaline junkie, competitive and capable. And even better, unlike many of the kick-butt heroines in current fiction, she is smart. She doesn't just rush in and get herself into all kinds of trouble by being one of those too-stupid-to-live smart alecky women who just drive me nuts. Derek is ultra macho with a bad boy aura that makes him irresitable to Gina. Gina and Derek both have similar painful pasts which they've dealt with by keeping past lovers and relationships at arm's reach, but they recognize in each other kindred spirits and innately understand what the other needs. This is one of the things that makes the relationship between them so steamy - they connect at such a deep soul mate level. Burton has created an interesting world with demon's and demon hunters and I can't wait to read the next one, Demon Hunters: Hunting the Demon (Book 2),lucky me it's just out, so I don't have to wait!

Bring on the demons!!

Wow. Jaci Burton really hits a home run with SURVIVING DEMON ISLAND! Actress Gina Bliss has been working non-stop for two years doing action movies. When her agent brings her an opportunity to do a reality show, her first instinct is to say no. When she is told more about it, she is intrigued. When she learns that she'll be able to play with weapons and fight fake "demons", she's on board. While she'd like to be one of those people that like to lay on a beach and drink mai tai's, she's not. The reality show sounds like the perfect vacation for her. Derek Marks is in charge of training the new "hunters". After seeing a demon kidnap his little brother from his bed over 20 years ago, Derek will do whatever it takes to destroy the Realm of Light. What the newcomers don't know is that they are being trained to be real hunters of real demons. Derek is blindsided by his attraction to Gina, who is as far from a Hollywood starlet as one would expect. When the demons invade their training island, the stakes are raised and Derek has to convince the hunters that the demons are very real. The relationship with Derek and Gina is strong from the start. Burton throws in several twists, including why the five hunters were chosen to be trained and who Derek really is. I, for one, was surprised at the ending. It was something I didn't expect and made the book that much better. I highly recommendt his book, which is engrossing and fast-paced. You won't regret picking this one up!

WOW, You gotta get this one

The action was non-stop in this one!! The big cookie for me,though, is always character development. Do I care about these people and would I want to have dinner with them? Oh yeah. Gina and Derek are characters that make you care where the story is going and it has that little darn at the end when the story is over is there as well. I loved the "reality show" angle. I don't write these reviews as a rule because I'm usually to ready to go onto the next book, but this deserves a "You Gotta Get THIS One!" I really hope you do.