Paradise

De: Jenna K. Lawson

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

After her mother loses a high-powered position in San Francisco, Blanca Delgado, an aspiring artist, moves back to the small Florida coastal town, Paradise, to live with family. One day while strolling on the boardwalk, she captures the attention of a gorgeous tattoo artist, Joshua Strauss, who desires nothing more than to draw her. Joshua and Blanca understand each other's creative spirit, but her mother has other plans in store for her.

Valentina Delgado and Juliet McIntosh have fostered a lifelong friendship. Now that Juliet is widowed and Valentina is facing financial hardship, they both conspire to set Blanca up with Juliet's tech billionaire son, Patrick. Patrick McIntosh, four years older than Blanca, teased her mercilessly as a child. She hasn't seen him since the age of ten, but the thought of her mother playing matchmaker is enough to make her rebel. At first, Joshua seems like the perfect person to rebel with, until she is forced to come face-to-face with Patrick at a barbecue.

Instead of the menace from her childhood memories, Blanca is shocked to meet a shy, though sometimes bold, adventure-seeker with honey brown hair, forest green eyes, and a distinguished face with one side horribly scarred after a shark attack. To her surprise, Patrick has followed her art vlog on social media, keenly aware of her beauty and creativity, ever since his mother showed him a grown-up picture of her. There is no expectation attached to any financial help he gives her family, but his feelings for Blanca are real and he's intent on getting to know her.

One month. That's all he asks. One month of adventure and an entirely new realm of possibility. But where does that leave Joshua?

'Parade' is a sweet, quirky summer beach read that is just as light, comforting, and delicious as a gluten-free pastry and a toffee nut latte.