What Happens in Paradise

I have read several books by Elin Hilderbrand and enjoyed them all. What Happens in Paradise was added to my list. It is a fun, cozy mystery with a love affair sprinkled throughout. The descriptions of the islands make you jealous and the characters can make you laugh, cry and fuss. It’s a fast moving story with a strange ending, making you want more.

I thoroughly enjoyed! Elin does it again. I thoroughly enjoyed the second book of the trilogy. I an now excited to read the third! Fingers crossed for the happily ever after!!

What an amazing series of life, one I will definitely visit again. There is the whole cast of characters: love, betrayal, devastation, hope and survival. From book one Winter in Paradise through book three Trouble in Paradise you will fall in love with St John USVI and her beating hearts of tourist, locals, villains, heroes and lemongrass sugar cookies. I rate this series 5✨But I would gladly give it 11. Yes! It is that damn good

I love Beach books this is a really good one. But then again this is my favorite author. Enjoy but don't forget to read her first book before you read this one

This was the perfect book to sink my toes into with the return of winter the last couple of days. The description of the sand, sun, and heat sounds absolutely perfect at this moment. We return to the island with Irene and her grown sons. Each has an agenda of their with the same idea, to move on from Russ’s betrayal and subsequent death. Friendships have the possibility to turn into something more but does anyone have the strength to move forward. I really enjoyed the diary entries from Rosie’s point of view. You know what she is doing morally wrong but being blinded by love can skew your feelings. In all of this Maia is the one hurt the most by the deception and deaths of both her parents. I am deeply invested to see how this saga unfolds. Again another cliffhanger at the end that makes you automatically pick up the next book.

A tale of a cheating husband from Iowa and his island mistress whose deaths open a world of questions, but also new possibilities for those left behind. This all takes place in the gorgeous Virgin Islands. The setting is so richly detailed and so seductive.

What Happens in Paradise: Paradise series Book 2 is by Elin Hilderbrand. This is fantastic. The writing is such that it takes you right to St. John and places you in the exact places the characters are in. You can visualize the stunning beaches and the turquoise water as well as the bars and restaurants. When they are on The Mississippi, you can visualize what they are seeing and feeling. Elin’s way with words is amazing. The book continues the story of Russell Steele and his dual lives. One life was with his wife Irene and their two sons, Cash and Baker in Iowa City. The other was on St. John with Rosie and his daughter, Maia. How he managed to keep Irene from knowing about his twelve-year affair with Rosie is amazing. She just put his being absent off on his job with Tom Crofts. On the other hand, Rosie knew from the start that he was married but continued to hope that he would leave Irene and stay on St. John with her. In the meantime, he also managed to keep everyone from knowing just what he did to make all the new money that he had. Irene and both her sons end up back on St. John. Cash to work on the tour boat, Treasure Island, with Ayers and hopefully get her to like him as much as he likes her. Baker and his son Floyd come to the island with the intention of moving there. His wife has left him for Louise and they are moving to Cleveland so it no longer matters where he lives as long as he gets Floyd to Cleveland for his visits. He intends to marry Ayers as soon as his divorce is final if she will have him. Irene comes back to work for Huck on his fishing tours. It gives her something different to so which she loves. She hopes to come to some final closure on the death of Russ. Now, waiting for the final book in the series will be difficult. I can hardly wait to see what happens to all of the characters. Russ certainly left a mess behind him.

It's lovely when a series flows with an underlying story line. It's not so lovely (understatement!) when it ends with a whopping cliffhanger in the main plot line. In my case I'm still rating this book with what it deserves, because Book 3 was already available and on kindle unlimited I didn't have to pay more to find out what happened. If I was paying for each separate book or having to wait for a year to find out what happened, I'd be mighty displeased and give it one star.

I love the book all three of them. It’s a series really good read this, light and entertaining.

Bonne lecture, relaxante, avec une histoire qui se passe dans un lieu qu’on aimerait visiter si on en avait le temps où les moyens. Intrigue pas très complexe, même un peu prévisible. Des personnages pas trop nombreux et pas compliqués non plus. Bref un livre d’été quoi. Bon je le lis en anglais pour avoir une activité cérébrale pendant la lecture.Quand même. Allez y, vous ne serez pas déçu.

If this book had a taste, it would taste of conch fritters. If it had a colour, it would be the gleaming translucent turquoise of the Caribbean at Caneel Bay. Elin has such a gift for evoking setting through visual and culinary details. I thought Rosie was the most intriguing character in the first Paradise novel, so I was delighted that we get to see how her romance with Russ developed through her diary entries. The Baker/Mick/Ayers triangle was also a suspenseful narrative, with twists and turns right up until the end. I don't understand why some readers are complaining about a cliffhanger? I'm really looking forward to the next book and am even planning a trip to St John! I still hold out hope that Elin will write about Hurricane Irma, or a fictional version. Her talent for describing scenery and weather, and for building narrative tension, would ensure that such a novel would be a phenomenal read.

Inzwischen bin ich ein richtiger Fan der Autorin. Jedes der bisher gelesenen Bücher ist ein Easy-Read, den man nicht mehr aus der Hand legen kann. Intelligent und fesselnd geschrieben! Danke für die schönen Lesestunden!

I liked the characters and the concept of this series, but it was all just missing the mark a bit. Not enough excitement it was like catching up with friends, I did enjoy reading it, but it wasn’t what you want from a book, that pull to keep you from not being able to put it down