The Paradise Problem

By: Christina Lauren

Narrated by: Patti Murin, Jon Root

Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

Christina Lauren, the instant New York Times bestselling and “reigning romance queens” (PopSugar), returns with a delicious new romance between the buttoned-up heir of a grocery chain and his free-spirited artist ex as they fake their relationship in order to receive a massive inheritance.

Anna Green thought she was marrying Liam “West” Weston for access to subsidized family housing while at UCLA. She also thought she’d signed divorce papers when the graduation caps were tossed, and they both went on their merry ways.

Three years later, Anna is a starving artist living paycheck to paycheck while West is a Stanford professor. He may be one of four heirs to the Weston Foods conglomerate, but he has little interest in working for the heartless corporation his family built from the ground up. He is interested, however, in his one-hundred-million-dollar inheritance. There’s just one catch.

Due to an antiquated clause in his grandfather’s will, Liam won’t see a penny until he’s been happily married for five years. Just when Liam thinks he’s in the home stretch, pressure mounts from his family to see this mysterious spouse, and he has no choice but to turn to the one person he’s afraid to introduce to his one-percenter parents—his unpolished, not-so-ex-wife.

But in the presence of his family, Liam’s fears quickly shift from whether the feisty, foul-mouthed, paint-splattered Anna can play the part to whether the toxic world of wealth will corrupt someone as pure of heart as his surprisingly grounded and loyal wife. Liam will have to ask himself if the price tag on his flimsy cover story is worth losing true love that sprouted from a lie.

©2024 Christina Lauren (P)2024 Simon & Schuster Audio

A perfect rom com

So many lessons in this that are beautifully blended into smut and romance and comedy. It felt like watching Pretty Woman mixed with Runaway Bride and How to Lose a guy in 10 days. Loved this!

The narrators were very good.

The storyline got a little boring towards the end and became very predictable. I really enjoyed the majority of the book though.

Loved

Such a great, fun read. I had many LOL moments and I probably looked like a crazy person while jogging and laughing, but it was worth it.

A perfect, fully adult romance

I can’t say enough good things about this book! It has all the things: 2 self aware adults, a tropical island, a slow burn that’s not off putting, serious heat, and a sweet but believable end that is not a fairy tale, but it’s better. I don’t always love these authors, but they knocked it out of the park with this one.

Pretty good overall

Detailed characters and great descriptions of views. I wish there was a little bit less cliche.

Good plot

Nice summer read with good plot. Vulgarity takes away from the overall storyline and seems unnecessary.

A fun listen

Well, that was spectacular!
Very well narrated.
The story was fun. I cared about everyone involved. I laughed a lot. The main character is hilarious to me.
It even gave me a little hope. Definitely recommend.

Didn’t want to stop listening

Fun story, lovable characters with good narration. A slight variation from Christina Lauren’s typical book I really enjoyed the complex family dynamics and character development. It’s a fast read I didn’t want to stop listening

Title

The entire book was engaging and I couldn’t stop listening. Loved the whole thing. The end

So much fun!!!!

This book had me laughing out loud! It’s sort of like the movie Pretty Woman scenario of poor girl and a mega rich guy who has a very dysfunctional family with a beautiful island setting. I absolutely loved it!! Five stars! Narrators were perfect!