Secret lives and new loves emerge in the bright Caribbean sunlight . . .
A year ago Irene Steele had the shock of her life: her loving husband father to their grown sons and successful businessman was killed in a plane crash. But that wasn't Irene's only shattering news: he'd also been leading a double life on the island of St. John where another woman loved him too.
Now Irene and her sons are back on St. John determined to learn the truth about the mysterious life - and death - of a man they thought they knew. Along the way they're about to learn some surprising truths about their own lives and their futures.
Lush with the tropical details romance and drama What Happens in Paradise is another immensely satisfying page-turner from one of the world's most beloved and engaging storytellers.
Elin Hilderbrand is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Iowa Writers Workshop. The Academy is her thirty-first novel, and the first co-written with her daughter, Shelby Cunningham. Hilderbrand is the co-host of the podcast "Books, Beach and Beyond" along with @TimTalksBooks creator, Tim Ehrenberg. She is raising four young adult children and likes to spend her free time at the beach and on her Peloton. She's a grateful ten-year breast cancer survivor.
Shelby Cunningham was born and raised on Nantucket Island. She's a 2024 graduate of St. George's School in Middletown, Rhode Island.
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