The Grand Paloma Resort

A Novel

De: Cleyvis Natera

Narrado por: Sixta Morel, EJ Lavery, Diana Bustelo

The Grand Paloma Resort is a lush paradise in the Dominican Republic where the guests enjoy incredible luxury, and the staff is always eager to please—that is, until they are pushed to the brink.

Laura is a local Dominican woman who, through sheer hard work, has risen through the ranks to become manager at the Grand Paloma Resort. Her idea to pair a “platinum” guest with their own resort employee to attend to their every whim has been wildly successful, and she’s just weeks away from a promotion that could blaze a path for her off the resort and toward a life of opportunity. If only her younger sister, Elena—who she’s looked after since the death of their mother—could get with the program.

Elena has tried to live up to her sister’s expectations, but to escape the drudgery of waiting on rich tourists, she’s become increasingly dependent on pills and partying. As a babysitter at the resort, she’s at the beck and call of guests who are indulging their worst impulses and need someone else to watch their kids while they do so. Now, after an accident, a child left in her charge is believed dead, and Elena knows she'll be held responsible.

When Elena runs into the child’s father at a nearby beachfront watering hole, he offers her an obscene amount of money for private time with two young local girls. Elena pockets the cash to fund her escape and prays she’s gotten the girls out of harm’s way. But then the girls are reported missing.

Set over the course of seven days, The Grand Paloma Resort offers an unforgettable story of class, family, and community, building to an intense climax in which the true costs of luxury are laid bare, redeemed only by true acts of love.

©2025 Cleyvis Natera (P)2025 Random House Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Gripping . . . Cleyvis Natera, author of Neruda on the Park, crafts a layered narrative about sisterhood, ambition, and the quiet rebellions of working-class women. A lush and suspenseful summer read.”—Al Dìa

“Cleyvis Natera blew me away with her debut Neruda on the Park and her sophomore novel is truly the perfect follow-up from White Lotus.”—Crime Reads

“Cleyvis Natera is a masterful storyteller, and this irresistible novel is a master class in human nature at its most vulnerable, most callous, and most righteous.”—Deesha Philyaw, author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

Beautiful, revealing, beautiful, provoking, beautiful

The first time I went to an All-Inclusive a few years ago, I spoke to one of the waiters at the buffet. She told me and my partner that she had three days off every two weeks, and that she used them to go and see her 4 year old son, who lived in Dajabón. It took her one day to go, she spent one day with her family, and then one day to travel back; then gratefully repeat after two more weeks. She worked in Punta Cana. I’ve always wanted to write about her story because it is so compelling, a combination of sacrifice, heroism, gratitude and horror, and there are so many more like hers. Natera did it, and in the most brilliant and humane possible way. I think this book is unique, touching and digging into sand and smelly crystal-blue waters nobody has the guts and conscience to explore; The Grand Paloma Resort is beautiful, revealing, beautiful, provoking, and beautiful. Congratulations Cleyvis!