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Olivia is leaving her home and job in Seattle to take care of her mom, Juliet, who has sustained serious injuries from a fall off of a ladder at work. Olivia hopes to be back in Seattle in a few weeks. Back to her job, friends, and the life she’s most familiar with. Along with her teenaged niece, Caitlin, taking care of Juliet should be a piece of cake... supposedly. Juliet is the owner of the local home and garden center in a small coastal town of Northern California, Cape Sanctuary. Everyone for miles around knows her and appreciates all she does for her clients and friends, including the new and single fire chief, Cooper, who knew Olivia as the little sister of his best friend all through childhood and into high school, Natalie, who is Caitlin’s mom. Caitlin was born without knowing who her biological father was. No one is shown on her birth certificate. It seems that Natalie had her secrets, and Olivia is determined to find out everything she needs to know since Natalie

Installment two of the “Paradise” series recaps the first book of the series WINTER IN PARADISE. It’s important to start with the first book in order to fully follow this one. As with the first book, I got into the story quickly and was hard pressed to the book down. Irene Steele makes a decision to move permanently to St. John following her husband’s mysterious death on the island during a visit, presumably for his work. She is offered a job on a charter fishing boat by the owner, Sam aka Huck, when he sees that she knows how to handle a rod and reel, and seems to handle people well, too, including himself, much to his amazement. Huck is definitely attracted to her and hopes the feeling is mutual, even though it’s way too soon after her husband’s death. Soon after her arrival on St. John, she is joined by her youngest son, Cash, who decides to move there as well. Seems he has his eye on some of the female natives, as does older brother, Baker, who makes an entrance lat