16 Best contemporary books like On the Island (On the Island, #1) by Tracey Garvis Graves

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On the Island (On the Island, #1)

By: Tracey Garvis Graves

4.11

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

When thirty-year-old English teacher Anna Emerson is offered a job tutoring T.J. Callahan at his fa…

"We were eating lunch when a chicken walked out of the woods. “Anna, look behind you."

-Tracey Garvis Graves, On the Island (On the Island, #1)

"You named the chicken, Chicken?" She looked embarrassed. "When we decided not to kill it, I got attached."

-Tracey Garvis Graves, On the Island (On the Island, #1)

"What's it like being with her? Is it true what they say about older chicks?" "She's not that much older." "Uh, okay. So anyway, how is it?" "It's incredible." "What's she do" "She does everything, Ben."

-Tracey Garvis Graves, On the Island (On the Island, #1)

"This next part might cheer you up. So my mom told me she was gonna drive me to my appointment at the sperm bank, and she handed me one of my dad's Playboys --I had something way dirtier stashed in my closet, by the way--and she asked me, all serious, if I knew what do do." "You've got to be kidding." "No, I'm not." He started laughing. "I was fifteen, Anna. I was and expert at it, and I did not want to talk about jacking off with my mom ."

-Tracey Garvis Graves, On the Island (On the Island, #1)

If you liked the contemporary plot in On the Island (On the Island, #1) by Tracey Garvis Graves , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Unseen Messages

By: Pepper Winters

4.19

Format: 590 pages, Paperback

"There is a message for everything. From handwritten to verbal, seen and unseen. Messages exist al… read more

Similar categories in Pepper Winters's Unseen Messages book and Tracey Garvis Graves's On the Island (On the Island, #1)

  • romance
  • survival
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
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2. Transcendence (Transcendence, #1)

By: Shay Savage

4.03

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

Librarian's note: This is an Alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B00IFV9AXY. It's said that women … read more

Similar categories in Shay Savage's Transcendence (Transcendence, #1) book and Tracey Garvis Graves's On the Island (On the Island, #1)

  • romance
  • adult
  • new adult
"Beh reaches up and touches my cheek. “Love,"

-Shay Savage, Transcendence (Transcendence, #1)

"My mate is really, really weird. She is also absolutely covered in brown, mushy clay. She laughs and holds a large lump up to show it to me. Her mouth moves, and she makes enough noise to scare away …"

-Shay Savage, Transcendence (Transcendence, #1)

"In the darkness of the cave, there is a light inside her eyes that makes my heart beat faster. I know the emotions I see there are also reflected in my own gaze though I have never felt this way befo…"

-Shay Savage, Transcendence (Transcendence, #1)

"I wonder what I will do if she doesn't wake up, and I don't have an answer. As I lie back down next to her and pull her into my arms, my stomach growls, and suddenly I know exactly what I will do. If…"

-Shay Savage, Transcendence (Transcendence, #1)

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3. On the Island (On the Island, #1)

By: Tracey Garvis Graves

4.11

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

When thirty-year-old English teacher Anna Emerson is offered a job tutoring T.J. Callahan at his fa… read more

Similar categories in Tracey Garvis Graves's On the Island (On the Island, #1) book and Tracey Garvis Graves's On the Island (On the Island, #1)

  • romance
  • survival
  • adventure
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
"We were eating lunch when a chicken walked out of the woods. “Anna, look behind you."

-Tracey Garvis Graves, On the Island (On the Island, #1)

"You named the chicken, Chicken?" She looked embarrassed. "When we decided not to kill it, I got attached."

-Tracey Garvis Graves, On the Island (On the Island, #1)

"What's it like being with her? Is it true what they say about older chicks?" "She's not that much older." "Uh, okay. So anyway, how is it?" "It's incredible." "What's she do" "She does everything, Be…"

-Tracey Garvis Graves, On the Island (On the Island, #1)

"This next part might cheer you up. So my mom told me she was gonna drive me to my appointment at the sperm bank, and she handed me one of my dad's Playboys --I had something way dirtier stashed in my…"

-Tracey Garvis Graves, On the Island (On the Island, #1)

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4. MILF: Wrong Kind of Love

By: Erin Noelle

4.04

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

Wrong Kind of Love A story of forbidden love with a side of revenge... When my husband of ne… read more

Similar categories in Erin Noelle's MILF: Wrong Kind of Love book and Tracey Garvis Graves's On the Island (On the Island, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
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5. Savage

By: Kat Austen

3.81

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

He's been alone for years. Marooned on a deserted island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, he lon… read more

Similar categories in Kat Austen's Savage book and Tracey Garvis Graves's On the Island (On the Island, #1)

  • romance
  • survival
  • contemporary romance
  • contemporary

6. The Sarantos Baby Bargain (Sarantos Brothers, #2)

By: Olivia Gates

4.57

Format: 270 pages, Mass Market Paperback

He'd come for the baby...and his ex-wife. Naomi Sinclair had once fallen hard for Andreas Sarantos.… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Gates's The Sarantos Baby Bargain (Sarantos Brothers, #2) book and Tracey Garvis Graves's On the Island (On the Island, #1)

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7. Surviving Raine (Surviving Raine, #1)

By: Shay Savage

4.01

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

As the captain of a schooner catering to the elite on the Caribbean Seas, Sebastian Stark does his … read more

Similar categories in Shay Savage's Surviving Raine (Surviving Raine, #1) book and Tracey Garvis Graves's On the Island (On the Island, #1)

  • romance
  • survival
  • adventure
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • new adult
"Maybe I was in love with the idea of love."

-Shay Savage, Surviving Raine (Surviving Raine, #1)

"I don't recall telling you I was anything other than a lunatic."

-Shay Savage, Surviving Raine (Surviving Raine, #1)

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8. Finding Home

By: Bonnie Dee , None , Lauren Baker

3.91

Format: 316 pages, ebook

Her family, her friends and her conscience all say it's wrong to fall for the hustler she rescued f… read more

Similar categories in Bonnie Dee's Finding Home book and Tracey Garvis Graves's On the Island (On the Island, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
"Well, honey, once you've been head-over-heels in love with somebody, you don't go back to being 'friends'. It doesn't work that way. - Megan's Dad"

-Bonnie Dee, Finding Home

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9. Withering Hope

By: Layla Hagen

3.97

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

Aimee’s wedding is supposed to turn out perfect. Her dress, her fiancé and the location—the idyllic… read more

Similar categories in Layla Hagen's Withering Hope book and Tracey Garvis Graves's On the Island (On the Island, #1)

  • romance
  • survival
  • adventure
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
"When you find the person who sees you clearer than you see yourself, you know you've found true love."

-Layla Hagen, Withering Hope

"Love has an effect few other things have: to empower you with happiness, and at the same time, strip you of all power, making you a prisoner of fear."

-Layla Hagen, Withering Hope

"I used to hate waking up every morning. Now I look forward to every day, even though we're stuck in this place. Because it means one more day with you."

-Layla Hagen, Withering Hope

"I need you in a way I never thought I could need anything. It's like air. You don't notice how much you need it until you don't have it. I love you, Aimee."

-Layla Hagen, Withering Hope

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10. Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

By: Yvonne Korshak

4.29

Format: 557 pages, Kindle Edition

STEP ASIDE, ANTONY AND PERICLES AND ASPASIA —THE LOVE STORY THAT SHAPED HISTORY Two lovers cres… read more

Similar categories in Yvonne Korshak's Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece book and Tracey Garvis Graves's On the Island (On the Island, #1)

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • chick lit
  • fiction
"Temples are for the gods,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"But  Phidias was better than most men since he made beautiful sculptures. He was even making one of her—well, he called it “Athena,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

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11. The Education of Sebastian (The Education of..., #1)

By: Jane Harvey-Berrick

3.88

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

An epic story of taboo love by bestselling author Jane Harvey-Berrick Not suitable for under 18 … read more

Similar categories in Jane Harvey-Berrick's The Education of Sebastian (The Education of..., #1) book and Tracey Garvis Graves's On the Island (On the Island, #1)

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
"What did I know of the kind of love that made it hard to breathe, where your body ached day and night for that connection with another, physically, mentally, spiritually? It was utterly new and terri…"

-Jane Harvey-Berrick, The Education of Sebastian (The Education of..., #1)

"But he interrupted me. "None of that matters. And I think you're wrong anyway — I can't imagine not wanting you — note ever. You're smart and funny and I enjoy being with you even when we don't... wh…"

-Jane Harvey-Berrick, The Education of Sebastian (The Education of..., #1)

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12. Uncharted

By: Julie Johnson

3.75

Format: None pages, None

From internationally bestselling author Julie Johnson comes an action-packed story of survival and… read more

Similar categories in Julie Johnson's Uncharted book and Tracey Garvis Graves's On the Island (On the Island, #1)

  • romance
  • survival
  • adventure
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
"They say the average human heart beats 2.5 billion times over the course of a lifetime. 2.5 billion heartbeats. And every one of mine belongs to him."

-Julie Johnson, Uncharted

"Quite the opposite actually. I think having hope is one of the most important things you can do. Once you let go of it, despair takes over. Despair will kill you quicker than hope ever could. So if y…"

-Julie Johnson, Uncharted

"I am a cherry blossom tree hit with the first hints of spring. Something dormant inside me has stirred awake after a long hibernation. Something I’m not sure I even realized lurked there, waiting to …"

-Julie Johnson, Uncharted

"I know how his mind works, how his heart beats. I know the sound of his sighs and the break in his laugh. I know him like the breath in my lungs, the blood in my veins. And so I know… I am not the on…"

-Julie Johnson, Uncharted

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13. The Education of Caroline (The Education of..., #2)

By: Jane Harvey-Berrick

4.14

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

The thrilling conclusion of an epic love story spanning the years, through war and heartbreak by be… read more

Similar categories in Jane Harvey-Berrick's The Education of Caroline (The Education of..., #2) book and Tracey Garvis Graves's On the Island (On the Island, #1)

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
"You get on your f**king high horse damn quickly, Caro,"

-Jane Harvey-Berrick, The Education of Caroline (The Education of..., #2)

"It didn't matter what I wore, or how much sleep I'd had or not had, he always looked at me as if his world began and ended with me."

-Jane Harvey-Berrick, The Education of Caroline (The Education of..., #2)

"I can’t, Caro, it’s out of my hands now. But I promise it’s temporary. I just… after all this time… I wanted us to be able to spend more than a few hours together."

-Jane Harvey-Berrick, The Education of Caroline (The Education of..., #2)

"Now that's a sight for sore eyes, Sebastian. Maybe I should just leave you here: the hotel maids might appreciate that. Or, better still, maybe I'll take a photograph of you on my phone. Dont worry, …"

-Jane Harvey-Berrick, The Education of Caroline (The Education of..., #2)

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14. The Island

By: Daya Daniels

3.84

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

One island. Two people. A spider monkey. Far from the only home they've ever known. Would you ac… read more

Similar categories in Daya Daniels's The Island book and Tracey Garvis Graves's On the Island (On the Island, #1)

  • romance
  • survival
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • new adult
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15. Burned Out

By: Dean Mafako

4.30

Format: 526 pages, Paperback

Eric Philson came to the Children's Hospital of Biloxi with a goal ― to build the cardiac intensive… read more

Similar categories in Dean Mafako's Burned Out book and Tracey Garvis Graves's On the Island (On the Island, #1)

  • fiction
"The entire belief was insulting to many of us, but nonetheless, the term “top trained,"

-Dean Mafako, Burned Out

"The hypocrisy was too much to bear, the institution was paying over a million dollars for Mr. Hyde to perform “values training"

-Dean Mafako, Burned Out

"When I arrived, I did the job of six people and worked over one hundred hours per week for more than a year until I collapsed in my yard and nearly died!"

-Dean Mafako, Burned Out

"One of the greatest realizations that I clumsily stumbled upon during this process, was that these people didn’t need someone like me to tell them what to do; they needed someone like me to show them…"

-Dean Mafako, Burned Out

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16. Sacrifices Beyond Kingdoms: A Provocative Romance Torn Between Continents and Cultures (The Sacrifices and Kingdoms Series Book 2)

By: Patricia D'Arcy Laughlin

4.32

Format: 659 pages, Kindle Edition

AMID TREACHEROUS TRIALS AND UNYIELDING DESIRES IN THIS LOVE TRIANGLE, DOES ANYONE NEED TO BE SACRIF… read more

Similar categories in Patricia D'Arcy Laughlin's Sacrifices Beyond Kingdoms: A Provocative Romance Torn Between Continents and Cultures (The Sacrifices and Kingdoms Series Book 2) book and Tracey Garvis Graves's On the Island (On the Island, #1)

  • contemporary
"A female’s right to choose must be sacrosanct!"

-Patricia D'Arcy Laughlin, Sacrifices Beyond Kingdoms: A Provocative Romance Torn Between Continents and Cultures (The Sacrifices and Kingdoms Series Book 2)

"When Cupid takes aim, the stupid of us don’t know to duck."

-Patricia D'Arcy Laughlin, Sacrifices Beyond Kingdoms: A Provocative Romance Torn Between Continents and Cultures (The Sacrifices and Kingdoms Series Book 2)

"Elizabeth felt as if every cell in her body was aflame with desire."

-Patricia D'Arcy Laughlin, Sacrifices Beyond Kingdoms: A Provocative Romance Torn Between Continents and Cultures (The Sacrifices and Kingdoms Series Book 2)

"Forgiveness heals the forgiver, though not necessarily the forgiven."

-Patricia D'Arcy Laughlin, Sacrifices Beyond Kingdoms: A Provocative Romance Torn Between Continents and Cultures (The Sacrifices and Kingdoms Series Book 2)

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17. Lost with You (Lost and Found #1)

By: Anna Lenore

3.83

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

A tragic act of fate becomes an epic journey toward love… Tired of following in her father’s foo… read more

Similar categories in Anna Lenore's Lost with You (Lost and Found #1) book and Tracey Garvis Graves's On the Island (On the Island, #1)

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • survival
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18. Older

By: Jennifer Hartmann

4.13

Format: 436 pages, Kindle Edition

Before he discovered my age, he uncovered my heart. Bruised and abused, and victim to a loveless… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Hartmann's Older book and Tracey Garvis Graves's On the Island (On the Island, #1)

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
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19. The Forbidden Man

By: Karina Halle

4.10

Format: 502 pages, Kindle Edition

An epic standalone forbidden age-gap sports romance from the New York Times Bestselling author of T… read more

Similar categories in Karina Halle's The Forbidden Man book and Tracey Garvis Graves's On the Island (On the Island, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
Cover of Frisky Connections (Frisky Bean, #0.5) by Michelle Mars

20. Frisky Connections (Frisky Bean, #0.5)

By: Michelle Mars

3.47

Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition

She was being a good friend. Shira Abramson wanted to grab a coffee with her BFF, Keren, but whe… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Mars's Frisky Connections (Frisky Bean, #0.5) book and Tracey Garvis Graves's On the Island (On the Island, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. The Girl & Her Ren (The Ribbon Duet, #2)

By: Pepper Winters

4.49

Format: 491 pages, ebook

“What do you do when you write down all your secrets? No…that’s not enough. What do you do when you… read more

Similar categories in Pepper Winters's The Girl & Her Ren (The Ribbon Duet, #2) book and Tracey Garvis Graves's On the Island (On the Island, #1)

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
"I abandoned my role and slipped back into a girl who missed her boy with every frisson of her soul."

-Pepper Winters, The Girl & Her Ren (The Ribbon Duet, #2)

"The difference of loving someone and being in love, Ren, is loving someone can be full of obligation and self-denial. But being in love makes you selfish and greedy and hungry. It turns you into a se…"

-Pepper Winters, The Girl & Her Ren (The Ribbon Duet, #2)

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