Pamela Mordecai, Kwame Dawes, Linton Kwesi Johnson, the latest Anthony Winkler -- pack some good books for your holiday.

Besides sun, sand, sea and seclusion, here you can sit back and enjoy the blessed absence of no/cell/24-7/hurry-hurry life.

This charming Fort Charles villa offers 1-5 guests total escape -- at a surprisingly affordable price.

Nestled on an acre of open farmland, Villa Arcadia faces sunsets on the ocean. Set back from a virtually untrafficked country road, it's an easy walk to Billy's Bay or Fort Charles beaches and many hidden coves.

Simple, sparkling white inside and out. Cathedral ceiling. Fan cooled. New pool.

2 bedrooms (1 double, 3 twins), 2 baths, full linens
Open modern kitchen/dining/living room, breakfast nook
TV, VCR, music system
Verandah, terrace, post-swim rinse-off shower
Hammocks in the breeze under pimento trees
2 mt. bikes to be use to explore

Best of all, Millie & Teddy Clarke will take exceptionally good care of you...

If you let her, Millie will look forward to spoiling you with escoveitch, roast turbot, lobster, johnnycakes curry goat, mango lada, callaloo, pumpkin soup - and logwood honey - the real food of Jamaica. With a real smile.

One-week minimum rentals prefered which include live-out cook, housekeeper. On property caretaker.