Welcome to Paradise...

Population: 9 (plus one castaway!)

Silas Duran is a hard-core businessman — complete with chest pains, ulcers and a staunch belief that everyone should be working the same eight-day workweek as he is. But as he's flying over the Caribbean en route to an emergency meeting, something goes wrong. Now Silas is stranded...a reluctant tourist in an isolated paradise.

Hotel manager Hester Somerset has got Silas's number. Two years ago, she walked out on her life without a backward glance — trading in her coffee and extra-chewy antacids for relaxation, white beaches and all-you-can-eat fresh crab. But even as she draws Silas further into her sun- drenched world, Hester avoids telling him about her past. After all, she can hardly maintain her status as a bona fide island girl when he discovers just how irresponsible she really is....