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Paradise
by
Judith McNaught
contemporary romance in a paperback edition that was published by Pocket Books on 1991 and has 709 pages.
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Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Every Breath You Take, Night Whispers, Perfect, A Gift of Love, Someone to Watch Over Me, , Double Standards
Good romance. The theme of the Second Opportunities series is simply that, second chances. This is the typical poor-but-ambitious-and-determined sexy man drawn to the young, beautiful, rich girl-woman who are torn apart only to reunite at the end after much hardship.
McNaught did an amazing job on this story. Matt is an ambitious, 28-year-old steelworker by week and mechanic by weekend from Indiana, planning on his Venezuelan oil field bonus to give him the seed money to start his own empire while Meredith is an ugly duckling who has blossomed into a swan despite her tyrannical father.
Meredith becomes pregnant after one night of passion, and they marry only to find themselves divorced through betrayal, tragedy, and misunderstanding. Meredith goes on to prove herself, throwing her energies and passion into the family business, Bancroft and Co., a premiere department store in Chicago until Matt storms back into her life eleven years later as a feared financier.
Engaged to her childhood love, Parker, Meredith discovers the truth about her divorce. Misconceptions and misunderstandings throw obstacles in their path including her controlling ass of a father. Sweet, freeing ending.
