Trouble in Paradise
Trouble in Paradise by Carolyn Brown, published by Amazon Publishing on December 18, 2012, is a contemporary fiction novel that explores themes of family life and romance. The story follows Mary Jane Marsh Simmons, a bestselling romance author who, after her divorce, relocates with her seven daughters to her hometown of Nacona, Texas. She purchases an old house with a storied past, once a brothel, and enlists the help of Joe Clay Carter, a recently retired Marine looking for a change of pace.
Readers will find a narrative that intertwines the challenges of home renovation with the complexities of rekindling old relationships. As Joe Clay begins to remodel Mary Jane’s new home, he is met with the lively chaos of her family and the weight of his own past. The book delves into the dynamics of marriage and divorce while highlighting the importance of second chances. With 182 pages, this edition offers an engaging glimpse into the lives of its characters as they navigate their intertwined fates in a Southern setting.
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After her divorce, bestselling romance author Mary Jane Marsh Simmons decided to move all seven of her girls out of the big city and back home to her hometown, Nacona, Texas. So when the last remaining relative of Miz Raven died and the Paradise was put on the market, she bought it, an old house that had been a brothel during the cattle trail days in Spanish Fort, Texas.
Joe Clay Carter had just retired from twenty years in the Marines, Special Forces. He’d lived through wars and rumors of wars and decided to go home to Nacona to do nothing but play poker, draw his retirement check and enjoy life. Two weeks later he was bored stiff, his motel room closing in on him, and he was seriously thinking of reenlisting until old high school crush, Mary Jane, came to his door asking him to remodel her new house.
As teenagers Mary Jane never gave Joe Clay a second glance, so he was surprised by her offer. Immediately they shook on the deal and he moved into her house to get started. Much to his surprise, the house came filled to the roof with little girls, good food, and crazy conversation, all wrapped up in a house that needed a minor miracle to fix by Christmas. He wasn’t sure if he could get it done in time but he was willing to try. If only Mary Jane was willing to give him a chance too.
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