Castaway

Humor, Lesbian Romance, First Edition Published in 2003, Second Edition Published in 2003, Co-written by Ryan Daly, ISBN: 0971815089, $13.99, 190 pages

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Story Summary:

Where "Survivor" meets "Gilligan’s Island" in "The Twilight Zone." Sixteen men and women are stranded on a tropical island–with an intrusive camera crew and a psychotic producer, where they fight for survival, TV ratings, and a million dollar prize. The winner is anyone who loves thrill-a-minute misadventures, gut-busting laughs, and ‘broad’-minded women.

The premise may be familiar, though the contestants are anything but, when a desperate network owner is hell-bent on blockbuster ratings and casts the show accordingly. Shannon, a budding novelist and former network employee, falls deeply in lust with tall, dark, paranoid Ryan, a Kentucky survivalist who is determined to win. "The course of true love never did run smooth," Shakespeare said. Even he couldn’t have imagined the road bumps Shannon and Ryan will encounter en route to love and hot monkey sex.

The women are not only star-crossed, but insect infested and sand crab bitten. In this irreverent spoof, which focuses on an industry where nothing is as it seems, and no one can be trusted, Shannon and Ryan pull out all the stops to ‘get the girl’ – and win the prize. Join them as they discover the best thing about ‘Paradise’ is each other.

Author Commentary

Over the top, no brakes. That's Castaway. This wild parody of the television series Survivor that looks at the underbelly of reality TV and throws caution to the wind. Castaway was written to be read in weekly installments with the story unfolding just like it would on a television reality series.

It's brash and bold and pure fun. You’ll either love it or hate it.

Ryan Daly designed the cover. I love the island photograph and wish it had been featured more prominently. I keep looking for that very spot for my vacations!

Reader Reviews:

What a wonderful, quirky little tale. It's easy to fall in love with the squirrels [& they are memorable], but Randi & Mac, plus Mac's family are great characters you enjoy spending time with.

She calls it a look inside her mind. I suppose that should be scary, until I realized how at home I felt in that world.

"LOL" is tossed around easily on the internet, but in this case, I literally laughed out loud all along the way. In this, along with "Castaway", Blayne's gift for humor really shines.

-reader review, T. Crittenden

Start with the premise of "Survivor", exaggerate character quirks, stir with unbridled passion and finally mix with sardonic humor and you have "Castaway" and I guarantee that these contestants would outshine the real deal and leave you wondering if you could survive. Plenty of parody and good-natured ribbing of stereotypes, this book is another romp through the twisted humor that I love about Blayne Cooper's writing. Ryan Daly just seems to egg her on and the end result is utterly hilarious.

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