The story
Divorced city planner Leigh Bowman drives south from Santa Barbara to sun-drenched Mirasol with dreams of starting over. She will begin by helping to turn the decaying town into a dazzling resort. There, seductive Jonathan Reid shows her what it means to be a woman again, even as his own hidden agenda threatens to destroy everything she is working for.
Leigh knows she cannot have both the man and the dream. As she uncovers the secrets simmering beneath the surface of this tranquil California town, she discovers what a night of desire can become.
About this book
Paradise came out in 1995 and was presented on its cover as a contemporary love story, set in the fictional coastal town of Mirasol in Phoebe Conn's home state of California. The back cover quoted Publishers Weekly calling her novels delightful and Rendezvous calling them sizzling. The author's site listed print and ebook editions.
Questions people ask
- Is Paradise a historical romance?
- No. Its original cover copy describes it as a contemporary love story, set in the present-day California town of Mirasol.
- Who are the main characters in Paradise?
- Leigh Bowman, a divorced city planner from Santa Barbara, and Jonathan Reid, a man in Mirasol with a hidden agenda.