The Man on the Island follows Cal and Ella through their relationship as they navigate personal trauma, family struggles, and an unexpected budding romance. Young adult readers of fiction romance will lose themselves in this quick, impossible-to-put-down story. Readers will deeply resonate with the interwoven themes of overcoming trauma, loss of family members, creating one's own village, loving another person through all aspects of life, and being oneself without apology and doing what makes you happy. This story contains explicit language and sexual content, so reader discretion is advised.