Marooned with the Millionaire is written by Nina Milne and published by Mills & Boon True Love. As mentioned in a previous blog post the heroines are independent, relatable and strong characters whilst the heros are reliable, dependable and worthy of the heroine's love.



April Fotherington is a journalist who has been commissioned to shadow and write an article about royal chief adviser, Marcus Alrikson. Stranded on a candlelit thunderstruck desert island the sparks fly, but will the relationship continue when they are back to normality?


Marooned is a bit of a stretch as they were only on the deserted island for one list filled night. There was so much more Milne could have done with the characters, filling in the gaps. The characters didn't really seem to know or connect with each other before they fell in to bed. Both characters have made choices that adversely affect others and as a consequence neither Marcus nor April feel worthy of being in "love". Milne skims over this when these details could have added depth to the storyline. She has built the skeleton of a good read but it needs to be taken one step further to make it a great read. It is an okay read but I wouldn't rush to reread it.

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3 - "No expectations... no promises." Stars!

I don’t have a huge amount to say about Marooned with the Millionaire it’s one of those books that you pick up, read, and forget. Sadly the author had quite a lot of scope she could have explored with Marcus and April's characters, and I don’t think she really highlighted the best parts of either of them as well as she could have done.

"This is unexpected…"

"Yes it is."

No issue with the closed door aspect of the story, but they were wholly lacking any real chemistry before or after they slept together, and their connection from the outset felt tenuous at best.

She was so far off limits she might as well be in a different stratosphere…

Lots of withheld aspects of their pasts didn’t help especially in regards to April, because I think if she had been more honest and open to Marcus about herself and her background earlier on, her ridiculous actions towards the end of the book may have felt more understandable for him. I also found her double standards with regards to expecting him to be open and honest, where she was absolutely not being so herself quite frustrating too.

"Do you believe in love..?"

"Of course… I just don’t believe in it for me."

Marooned was also a bit of a stretch, seeing as it was one night. Not the best Mills & Boon I have read in recent months, and not one I’ll likely remember in a few months’ time.