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A husband's secret life, a wife's new beginning: escape to the Caribbean with #1 New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand.

Irene Steele shares her idyllic life in a beautiful Iowa City Victorian house with a husband who loves her to sky-writing, sentimental extremes. But as she rings in the new year one cold and snowy night, everything she thought she knew falls to pieces with a shocking phone call: her beloved husband, away on business, has been killed in a helicopter crash. Before Irene can even process the news, she must first confront the perplexing details of her husband's death on the distant Caribbean island of St. John.

After Irene and her sons arrive at this faraway paradise, they make yet another shocking discovery: her husband had been living a secret life. As Irene untangles a web of intrigue and deceit, and as she and her sons find themselves drawn into the vibrant island culture, they have to face the truth about their family, and about their own futures.

Rich with the lush beauty of the tropics and the drama, romance, and intrigue only Elin Hilderbrand can deliver, Winter in Paradise is a truly transporting novel, and the exciting start to a new series.

"I will just say that, 24 hours after I started this book, I purchased its sequel, What Happens in Paradise, and I did not leave either book to be enjoyed by strangers at the end of my vacation." —Elisabeth Egan, New York Times

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“I will just say that, 24 hours after I started this book, I purchased its sequel, What Happens in Paradise, and I did not leave either book to be enjoyed by strangers at the end of my vacation.”

―Elisabeth Egan, New York Times

"What do you do once you've become queen of the Summer novel and mastered the art of the Christmas novel? You start a new series, of course! This Fall, the incomparable Elin Hilderbrand brings us to St. John for the first novel in her new The Paradise series...Another compulsively readable hit by Hilderbrand."―Brenda Janowitz, PopSugar

"A new series from Nantucket author Elin Hilderbrand-that's set in St. John!"―Modern Mrs. Darcy

"With great verve, [Hilderbrand] has done it again with her latest novel, WINTER IN PARADISE, the first book in a planned trilogy. She is witty and engaging, and keeps her readers intrigued with a memorable set of characters...As always, she delivers a story with much detail, weaving her characters and storylines expertly...Be prepared to read a fast-paced and entertaining novel for several hours, which will keep you longing for the second book in the series."―Bookreporter

"The perfect vacation read."―Hasty Book List

"As she does in her books set on Nantucket, Hilderbrand excels at establishing a setting (the food! the luxury! the sea turtles!) that will inspire wanderlust...Hilderbrand is the queen of the summer blockbuster; her fans will be thrilled that she's looking to take on winter."―Susan Maguire, Booklist

"This fast-paced novel offers the voices of several different characters, as well as a hefty load of intrigue."―Nancy Carty Lepri, New York Journal of Books

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Elin Hilderbrand is: the mother of three three-sport athletes, an aspiring fashionista, a dedicated jogger, a world explorer, an enthusiastic foodie, and a grateful three-year breast cancer survivor. She has called Nantucket Island her home since 1994. Winter in Paradise is her twenty-second novel.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Back Bay Books; Reprint edition (September 17, 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0316435538
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0316435536
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.55 x 1.1 x 8.25 inches

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Elin Hilderbrand first discovered the magic of Nantucket in July 1993. Her recipe for a happy island life includes running, writing at the beach, picnics at Eel Point with her three children, and singing "Home, Sweet Home" at the Club Car piano bar. Here's to Us is her seventeenth novel.

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A masterful story line that could easily be turned into a series since there is a strong desire to learn more about the established characters.

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Loved this book. Great read!

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start of a great story…..but it doesn’t end with this one!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 8, 2022

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Really good story and well developed characters BUT you must read the next in the series to continue the cliff hanger. I knew beforehand so now you are forewarned as well!

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Intriguing Storyline!

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Have you every traveled to the Caribbean? If so, what island? I have sadly never been there, but I love to read about it.

Winter in Paradise was another book that I read through quite quickly. It was the January pick for the Kewaunee Library Book club. I haven’t been able to go to that book club for over a year since switching jobs, but with working from home and a virtual book club format, I was able to spend a delightful lunch hour with everyone this past week.

Irene Steele is shocked to learn that her husband Russell has been killed in an accident while he was away on a business trip. She is even more shocked to learn that he has a 15-million-dollar mansion on the island of St. John and a mistress. How could a former corn syrup salesman from Iowa end up in such a situation? Irene and her sons, Baker and Cash, take off for St. John to learn more about what happened to Russell and to collect his ashes. The trip opens up more questions that it answers. It also makes them realize that Russell’s mistress, Rosie, was a real person with many people who loved her. How did Russell and Rosie end up together? What exactly did Russell do for a living with his new job?

Unfortunately, I didn’t realize this was a trilogy and the novel ends with a cliffhanger and no answers to my questions. Luckily the next two novels have been published and I have put a hold on the second one at the library. I thought the story line was intriguing in this book and I couldn’t put it down. I like most of the characters, but Irene’s sons Baker and Cash both annoyed me. The general consensus of book club was that they liked this novel. We all liked the story line and I think were all indignant about a husband that could keep such a secret from his wife.

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“It’s newly astonishing to Irene that as much as we know about the world, we still can’t see into another person’s mind or heart.”

“It’s not necessarily the creature comforts themselves, it’s that someone thinks you deserve them.”

“Secrets become lies and lies end up destroying you and everyone you care about.”

“They were taught in school that fear often derives from ignorance. Once you understand a situation, it becomes far less intimidating.”

Overall, Winter is Paradise has an intriguing storyline, but beware, it is the first book in a trilogy, and you need to read all three books to resolve the storyline.

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Needed an ending.

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I zoomed through the pages of this one - it was one of those books that once you start you don't want to stop and there is no actual good part to stop at - the reader gets in the zone and doesn't want to leave - they want to keep reading and reading and never stop!
I think the author did an amazing job of setting the location for the reader - it felt like they were in St. John - I could feel the climate change, the warm weather, the boat gently rocking...the drama and angst were there - the reader felt like they were in the story - and this reader never wanted to leave!
The characters were equal parts likable and unlikable and it made this reader want to become their friends IRL. The author takes the reader on a roller coaster ride that they never want to end!
Don't hesitate to add this one to your TBR list and move it to the top! You may also want to get the next book in the series so that you are ready to dive in once you finish - I can't wait to see what happens next!

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Irene Steele shares her idyllic life in a beautiful Iowa City Victorian house with a husband who loves her to sky-writing, sentimental extremes. But as she rings in the new year one cold and snowy night, everything she thought she knew falls to pieces with a shocking phone call: her beloved husband, away on business, has been killed in a plane crash. Before Irene can even process the news, she must first confront the perplexing details of her husband’s death on the distant Caribbean island of St. John.

After Irene and her sons arrive at this faraway paradise, they make yet another shocking discovery: her husband had been living a secret life. As Irene untangles a web of intrigue and deceit, and as she and her sons find themselves drawn into the vibrant island culture, they have to face the truth about their family, and about their own futures.

My Thoughts: As the story opens with Irene enjoying her beautiful home and her job with Heartland Home & Style magazine, a feeling of foreboding tells us that everything she holds dear will soon be put to the test.

Meanwhile, her sons Baker and Cash are being challenged in their own ways: Cash is facing reversals in his business and Baker’s marriage is on the rocks.

The phone call that changes their lives takes them on a plane to the Virgin Islands, to a place they might have loved visiting under other circumstances.

How will Irene and her sons deal with the death of their husband and father? What will they discover about the secret life he was living?

In alternating narratives, we learn more about the islanders who are now part of Irene’s story: Huck, a ship captain and stepfather to Rosie, who now has become part of their lives; Ayers Wilson, Rosie’s best friend; and Maia, the twelve-year-old girl who has lost her mother.

Set against the backdrop of the island retreat, Winter in Paradise captured my heart with the sadness, the joy of the setting, the delicious foods that tease our taste buds, and the sense of betrayal dealt by Russell, who is no longer alive to explain himself.

Just below the surface is the sense of a mystery, and as Irene reminisces about her life with Russell, she tries to piece together what signs she might have missed along the way. At the very end, however, another tidbit of information from the authorities adds a startling conclusion. Since this book is number one in a new series, I look forward to more from these characters. 5 stars.

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Great Book - Needed an Ending

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 1, 2022

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I love Elin's books and always find them light, fun, yet well developed. This book was no exception. It was a terrific beach read that whisked me away to somewhere wonderful. But . . . it stopped short. Without spoiling anything, a few critical points were introduced late in the book that changed everything - yet the author chose not to run them to ground. Of course, that sells more books in the next installment, but it left me a bit empty.

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When is the sequel out?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 1, 2019

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Having read many of Elin Hilderbrand’s books it was a refreshing change to encounter new terrain in this latest book set at end of 2018/2019. The story mostly takes place on the island of St John in the US Virgin Islands with some action in Iowa City and out on the waters in the BVI’s as well. I was intrigued to read this book because of its reference to Anegada in the blurb. Having spent a month on Anegada, which so few people know or write about and time on St John as well, this was a definite “must read” for me. The plot focuses on the aftermath of an Iowan mother and her two sons discovering the secret double life that their father has been leading.

The author evokes the island vibe so well that I could practically hear Carribean music playing whilst I was reading. I remember ST John as being like a very appealing small attractive American university town where everyone knows everyone but this one just happens to be set in the Caribbean.

I loved St John which is the the diametric opposite of its older uptight colourless brother, St Thomas. Possible parallel between Cash and Baker, the brothers in this story?

One of the parts of the book is very cleverly, the part that is yet to come. That being the intrigue surrounding the life that Russ, the father, has been leading for the previous 12 years. When you get to the end, it is is so disappointing as you want to get to the bottom of what exactly he has been up to that is so mysterious and lucrative and also what warranted his life being erased by the elusive Todd Croft in the time it took Irene to travel from Iowa to St John. Like many others, I googled when the sequel is available and could not believe that it could be as far away as October 2019 😳.

Many have commented on the behaviour of the sons being unrealistic and I agree that their teenage like preoccupation with Ayers is distracting and it doesn’t feel right but I would also say that Irene’s behaviour feels a bit off at times though you find yourself wanting her and Huck , who is hugely likeable, to become great friends or more. Perhaps the shock of the situation and location is behind their odd behaviour. I found it more strange that Irene didn’t question the nature of her husband’s job much more. Any job that takes your husband away for practically all key holidays is a job you want to understand and know more about. My radar would have been up long before this though perhaos the quid pro quo was the independence to do what she wanted with her time and money, no questions asked which is the path she followed.

Whether you think that their behaviour is wrong or not, there is no question that you want to learn more about the characters and learn what happens next The filial relationship bears more scrutiny as does the character of Rosie as many of her own actions are hard to understand in hindsight. I can’t say more than this without spoiling the story.

It’s a very enjoyable read and definitely leaves you wanting the answers to all your questions which is always a good outcome as long as the sequel is in the pipeline that is!

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This was an interesting family melodrama which ends on a slight cliffhanger. I'm invested enough in the story to want to read on. I think the star of the book was the island of St John, which was vividly brought to life.

On the downside, I found the writing in third person present tense dissonant at times. Many of the characters are not particularly likable, but I'm curious to see what happens next.

Zarla

Please write the next in the series about Hurricane Irma

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 5, 2018

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I've read all of Elin's books and I was so excited when I saw she was setting her new novel in a lush Caribbean location, as she always evokes setting so well in her Nantucket novels. That particular aspect didn't disappoint either, as we got to know vividly the sights, sounds, colours and flavours of the island of St John. Plenty of welcome details about food and restaurants, as is familiar from her Nantucket books.

The lead character, the widowed Irene, was well drawn and sympathetic. I could understand her reactions whilst on St John and why she wanted to go fishing for the day. This sympathy, however, I could not extend to her two sons, Cash and Baker. Both had lost their father just the day before and yet showed no grief whatsoever. Instead, they both pursued the same girl, wining and dining her and going on happy snorkelling trips.

I just found this so jarring and it made me dislike both men, which I'm sure wasn't Elin's intention. They weren't depicted as being estranged from their dad Russ either, so there was no excuse for their callous response to his death.

That being said, I love the way Elin writes and will go along with any of her plots. I still think she is at her most powerful describing the sea, the beaches, the hills, the sky, the weather (and the food lol). For this reason I am pleading with her to depict the experience and impact of Hurricane Irma on St John in her next novel.

Elin, come on, it would be a tour de force, your best ever novel. The terrifying build up as the hurricane became a Cat 5, the sound and fury of the storm, the looting at Caneel and the Westin, the devastation, the once pure, now polluted ocean after rain due to the landslides, the power outages, the lines for gas and water, the slow recovery. You could keep the same cast of characters for sure and use all your own local knowledge too.

I think Elin described an imaginary hurricane hitting Nantucket before in a much earlier novel and it was a compelling read.

I live in hope!

Sloaney

Another amazing Elin Hilderbrand book!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 12, 2018

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This book was amazing from page 1. It started off on New Year’s Day in cold Iowa and transported us to St Johns and glorious sunshine!! I was worried I wouldn’t like this book as it wasn’t set in Nantucket but I loved this book! It has all the captivating amazing details that Elin writes with!! It has descriptions of her loving characters and their struggles and how they try to deal with them!! Food features as well which is always good! Elin loves writing about food and I love reading about it! The main character Irene I loved, she is a strong woman with an ideal life which crumbles around her when her husband dies and she discovers his secret life. Ayers was my fav character, whose best friend also dies, Irene has 2 sons and I really liked Baker who has a lot of problems to deal with in this book, I felt a bit sorry for him in the end. My only problem is I finished the book in a day and now I have to wait a year for the next instalment!!!

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Just loved it!!

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I just think Elin Hildebrand gets better and better! I loved this book - a bit of mystery and romance in a fabulous setting I’d never been aware of. I thought she described very well the shock of his loved ones on discovering that this deceased ordinary family man was in fact an extraordinary man living an apparently ultra glamorous lifestyle, and can’t wait to read the sequel to find out just what he’d had to do to earn that lifestyle. I actually hope this series is a trilogy as i’ve enjoyed the first book so much!

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