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"Vivid descriptions, nonstop action make this South Pacific romance a "keeper.""
Reviewed by Suan Wilson
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazett
Posted April 9, 2003

Unconventional India McKnight travels to far away, exotic lands writing about her adventures. Now her journey's led her to the beautiful South Pacific, where she plans to explore ancient cultures. When no reputable guide will accompany her to a dark cannibalistic island, India hires renegade Jack Ryder, not realizing she's Read more...

"Delightful African Queen type tale"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted April 28, 2003

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. Read more...

"Adventure and Romance on a Tropical Island"
Reviewed by Marilyn Heyman
Posted May 22, 2003

BEYOND SUNRISE is a thriller from beginning to end. India McKnight, a tall prudish looking woman, has always loved adventure and written several books to that effect. She has heard so many tales about Takatu, a little known island in the South Pacific, that she is determined Read more...

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

Summary

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 tor their very survival, they soon discover that passion and even deeper peril await them just beyond the sunrise.