Thrall by PT Ambler

A heart-broken artist. A single-minded scientist. An island paradise that could break them…or bind them forever.

Jet Crane has faced a lot of tests lately. He’s not looking for more. But they rush in relentless as the tide. When his life implodes, Jet finds shelter on beautiful Tallon Island, a remote weather station in the Coral Sea – population 2 – home to a bazillion sea birds, hundreds of nesting turtles, and one testy co-volunteer who thinks ‘friendly’ means icy indifference.
Malone Archer has one last chance to prove himself to the big names in medical science. All he needs is uninterrupted time on the coral reef to collect data and secure funding for his research. But Malone doesn’t factor in variables like his annoying co-volunteer who makes ridiculous art and thinks it’s reasonable to skinny dip in another man’s lagoon.
All it takes is one rum-soaked, hot-as-hell night for everything to change. As the brutal storm season looms, more than the air pressure rises, and, suddenly, it’s not just their hearts facing natural selection…at risk is their very survival.