Forgotten Paradise

Forgotten Paradise was a fun story to listen to. I felt like it was almost two stories as we had the business takeover plot and then the sexy vacation with the vacation fling. I loved the beautiful Island setting, how Jonah and Adam met and Jonah's friend that kept giving him advice.

Forgotten Paradise is a vacation fling, enemies to lovers, and a hot and spicy romance. If you are looking for a good book for a summer read or really anytime I recommend this.

This story starts with the idea of lost memories. Together Adam and Jonah build new memories. Both know that life isn't going to be simple and sometimes remembering isn't as pleasant as you hoped. Each man tries to give the other man space but finally communicating might be the most needed thing. This story is full of memories past, forgotten, false, and remembered.

Reviewed by Morningstar for Diverse Reader

Wouldn’t we all want to get a second-chance? To make things right, to be who we felt inside, to let go of the bad letting in the good?



This is a story of not just one second-chance but two. Jonah woke up on a beach ten years prior with no memory of who he was and a sense of dread if he ever found out. Jonah made a life for himself on the beach and in the ocean, one that he was content with. Then Adam came along and somehow that contentment turned to happy. Until one night it all changes. Sometimes remembering the past isn’t such a good thing.



Adam lost his beloved father, grew the company that he had built bringing it to heights his father never could. But now a big company wants to force a sale and his brother, Roger, is standing in opposition of their father's legacy.



Things are not always what they seem on the surface. People’s actions and reasons are never as clear cut as we like them. This story had that concept locked down in so many ways. From Jonah to Adam to Roger to Phil. Each one had reasons for what they want and the actions they take to get it. I loved how the story was both sweet & sexy and intense & sad. I easily felt the connection between the two main characters, wanting them to find their happy together. I was held at the edge of my seat as to who Jonah had once been. It wasn’t a great mystery since the author had dropped clues but Jonah’s and Adam’s reactions to the news was what counted the most.



I love Karen and Katherine, Adam’s sister and mother, were fun characters that made me laugh and they really had Adam’s back even when he was faltering. I wasn’t sure how “bad” Phil was as I was reading. He was unclear but I felt that was intentional and I loved how the author used that character to help further Jonah’s storyline.



I could go on and on about the little things that really tied this story together but overall it was a great fun read with wonderful writing that sucked me into the world these men lived in.