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Bargain For Paradise
188 pages
A sun-drenched, vintage clash of wills where fierce island loyalty meets irresistible, arrogant charm.
What it feels like
Reading this vintage romance feels like stepping into a sun-drenched, 1970s tropical daydream, complete with lush scenery and high-stakes emotional melodrama. The narrative moves at a brisk, breathless pace, driven by the crackling tension between a fiercely protective heroine and an unapologetically arrogant tycoon. It is a classic clash of worlds—tradition versus modernization, naive passion versus worldly experience—wrapped in an atmosphere of escapist fantasy. The prose is earnest and emotionally heightened, perfectly capturing the heroine's internal battle between righteous anger and reluctant, overwhelming attraction. Fans of old-school category romance will devour this nostalgic journey, delighting in the familiar, comforting rhythm of enemies slowly but inevitably surrendering to a swoon-worthy, tropical love.
- Mood
- sun-drenched
- tropical
- tense
- escapist
- Tone
- earnest
- dramatic
- breathless
- defensive
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- enemies to lovers · tradition versus progress · irresistible attraction · protecting home
- The writing
- Lush and emotionally heightened, leaning into the melodramatic flair typical of vintage category romance.
- The arc
- Moves from fierce, protective hostility to a breathless, reluctant surrender to overwhelming passion.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love the nostalgic, escapist thrill of vintage 1970s romances featuring spirited heroines and arrogant, wealthy heroes.
Content notes
- dated gender dynamics
- mild cultural stereotyping
About the book
“You want Paradis for your collection!"
Venture accused him, showing the bitterness she felt at her island home being desecrated with a holiday hotel.
She had been prepared to hate the French hotel tycoon, and had pictured him as short, fat and elderly. Nicol Regalle, young and handsome and arrogant, was a shock.
Her friend, Madam Barbe, had used her native powers to forecast trouble with his coming. Now Venture realized that the trouble might well involve her heart!
Description from Open Library.
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