Environmental science student Creena Arbre likes warm baths and fluffy slippers. Oh, and she also wants to save the planet. When a once-in-a-lifetime job on a tropical island comes up, she eagerly packs her parrot flip-flops and sets off.
Expecting cocktails with tiny umbrellas and singing at dawn, Creena isn’t at all prepared to be stranded in the middle of the ocean on an island supposedly haunted by tree spirits!
During her time on the island, Creena finds hidden strengths she didn’t know she possessed, and unusual ways of making friends. She even makes a scientific discovery about trees the world would love to know.
If she feels a little chilly at night, that’s only to be expected—everyone wants someone to snuggle with at the end of the day. And if she starts talking to the turtles, it’s no different than any pet owner—right?
Despite Creena’s strength and resilience, the cracks start to show.
Right on cue, redhead Gelly Grint zooms in on a rescue boat, bringing the promise of home, food, and everything Creena has missed. They soon get acquainted, and the island starts to look like a lover’s paradise.
What of Creena’s research? Can she do what she came for?
Some promises can never be broken.
Content warning: Theme of abandonment.
My thoughts
I think I would be talking to the trees if I ended up stranded on an island too. Wait…I talk to trees now just walking through a park (chuckle).
A Pinky Promise is a really cute kick-off in the “Sapphic Eco-Warrior” series. I already wrote Eule Grey asking for more from this series. Romance and saving the world women is the best combination.
Grey does this idea one better by adding humor, heart, and heat. Who knew that climate change could be hot? (No pun intended, but that does hit my funny bone.) I like Creena and Gelly. I like Dryad, Agatha, and I really want to see Pushy Dave and Shy Sherbert lose out the ladies in the corner.
A Pinky Promise is beyond cute. I just simply loved it. Grey has the ability to give readers a sweet and heartwarming romance in a small package with lots of steam. They have become a must-read author for me and they should be for you too.
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Further Details:
Published by: Nine Star Press, 9781648904813, May 10, 2022
Cover Design by: Jaycee DeLorenzo
Edited by: Elizabetta McKay
Narrated by:
Series: Sapphic Eco-Warriors #1; Settings: Solo in the Isles of Voix
Pages/Length: 94
POV: 1st, Dual
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