In this spicy, tropey, and chaotic Caribbean workplace romance, readers join Carrie Briggs just as she is about to have a career breakthrough at her accountancy firm. With her final hoop being working with billionaire Joe Hettich on his private Caribbean island, Carrie has no problems with hitting a career milestone on a tropical getaway -- until she realizes that Luke Chalmers, her ex who picked his ex over her seven years ago, is critical to the whole operation as Joe’s CFO. Dealing with their complicated personal history and the proximity forced on them by work and the private island, readers join Carrie and Luke as storms brew (literally and figuratively) and threaten to upend everything she thought she knew. With brilliant characters and funny tropical tropes, readers will love the obstacles and events in play in this summery and spicy romance novel. Carrie is a classic romance protagonist, and her history with Luke (and their new interactions) will really immerse the readers into this new book by Laura Carter. With a lot going on and a lot at stake, readers will love the pacing and structure of this classic summer romance read, and they definitely want to know what happens with Carrie and Luke.

***ARC Provided by the Publisher via NetGalley***

I was really interested in this title based on the blurb, but the way the book was written ended up not really working for me. The details of how they knew one another was enough for drama and conflict, but the situations they kept finding themselves in felt like the author was reaching for "more" instead of focusing on the story she was already telling.

I am not able to recommend this title.

This was a dnf for me at because I just couldn’t get onto the story. I was hoping that I would because it sounded great with the summer vibes. This was not expected and not in a good way. The main characters just seemed boring with no depth, it seemed forced.

I loved this book. It was the first book I have read from this author, and I was not disappointed. It was a fun and playful rom com with the main characters Abbey and Ted. The characters were well written, and I enjoyed every minute of this book. I can't wait for more from this author. I highly recommend this for a cozy and fun read.

Thank you Net Galley ARC and Boldwood Books

I have very mixed feelings about this one!

On the one hand, I loved the setting and do think that it would be a great summer read - it made me really miss summer! On the other hand, I did find it to drag quite a bit towards the end. I also think I read it at the wrong time for me and struggled to really get into it.

I did find it easy to read though and think it would be really good as a holiday read, it just wasn't for me.

Thank you so much to Netgalley, the publisher and the author for the arc. 🫶🏻

This got nowhere very slowly and was very nearly a DNF. I don’t like giving bad reviews but this was bordering on tedious.

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a copy of this book. This is my honest review

This was a cute summer read with a wonderful tropical setting that I absolutely loved. The tension between the characters was great, and while it did drag just a tiny bit in the third quarter, the story was overall enjoyable with likeable characters. Perfect for a light, feel-good read!

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

This is definitely the most perfect summer read. I loved this book. The location was beautiful and the characters I adored. I was hooked on this story. Its so easy to read.

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was a really fun book. I enjoyed reading it a lot!

My favorite parts of this book were the tropical setting and second chance romance. I loved learning more about the past relationship history between Carrie and Luke, and they immediately had fantastic sexual tension. This is a fun romance read!

A super summer read full of anticipation set on an idyllic Caribbean island. Carrie and Luke lost touch with each other seven years ago after an unfortunatly series of events but neither have been able to forget about each other, Both are forced to work with each other in paradise. The story works well told from the two characters point-of-views, allowing you to get inside their heads. There is a strong enemies to lovers theme with the twist being that they started off as lovers.

2⭐️

I don't remember anything that happened in this book except that it felt longer than it should've and I literally fell asleep while reading this.

I liked that it was set in some summery vacation villa but the whole ex-wife thing and stuff was confusing and I didn't enjoy that.

*I read this a free e-ARC via Netgalley and I am voluntarily leaving this review.*

Stuck in Paradise with You is a lovely, light hearted holiday read.

Enjoyable storyline, wonderful characters. Perfect for relaxing on the beach with!

My first & definitely will not be the last book that I read by Laura Carter. I was utterly captivated from the first page to the last page. I loved these characters and going on their journey.

I voluntarily reviewed this book.

This is the perfect holiday read for when you are sat on the beach with a cocktail in hand. This was such an amazing read, but I am so bored of miscommunication between people in romances, it needs to stop. Other than that this book was so good and I loved the tropical storm element. I do enjoy a Carter book and look forward to what she does next.

A trip to the Caribbean for work? Yes please!! I’d even take the high pressured job for five days on a private island in luxury. But I’ll give the ex and tropical storm thrown into the mix a miss. The idea of a bit of warmth is more than welcome as the British autumn can’t decide what it’s doing!!

I loved meeting Carrie. She’s a bit like me, she overthinks and analyses everything! Every word or reaction. It’s tiring!!! She is also exceptional at her job. She’s fought tooth and nail to get where she is and is on the brink of being a partner at her firm. In her personal life, the relationship between her and Callum and her love for Eddie her pooch is wonderful and heartwarming. This woman who has been torched by heartbreak has found that love she (and everyone) needs, unconditional and platonic. It gave me hope for this woman who had built walls around her heart.

But OMG the sparks between her and Luke 🔥🔥🔥 They were setting my kindle on fire! As Joe quite rightly said they’re either going to kill each other or sh… ! Yes they were fighting verbally, not physically, I mean disagreeing like warring parties but as the saying goes, there is no smoke without fire right. They loved each other once – could lightning strike twice?!?

I cried, I giggled, I smirked, I may have got a little angry and annoyed. Carter put me through the emotional mill but I loved it!! This may be my first encounter of Carter’s writing but she is going on my hit list for the entertaining rom-coms I love in between my crime fiction. It was utterly gorgeous!

This was a cute book, and is a perfect holiday read.

Carrie and Luke were a couple seven years ago and thinks ended pretty badly - on Carrie's part. Now they are thrown together on an island paradise and forced to work with eachother. But there's more to the story than Carrie realised.

I wasn't massively invested but it was light hearted enough that I was happy enough reading it.

I didn't love the whole dynamic between them when their relationship started and the fact that this could all have been avoided with a simple conversation - miscommunication is a massive issue in a lot of romances and it drives me mad.

Overall, I liked the supporting characters and the relationship building between Carrie and Luke but there wasn't anything that made this book stand out for me.

Tropes:
- Second chance
- Reluctant colleagues
- Island romance
- Found family

Cute read! The ideas behind it were great! Also, helping during a hurricane and being affected it-I liked that in the book. It’s something I haven’t had to deal with, so it’s a little shocking. I did feel like there was a lot of "she/he hurt me" and they haven't discussed it. It just hit in that topic too much for me. But overall it was a good book, and love second chances!

Lovers to enemies to lovers?

Loved the banter. I wish the two MCs could figure out a thing called communication. That would have solved a lot of the enemies aspect. That did keep it the story going.

When Carrie has the opportunity to fly to a private island for a meeting with her client she jumps at the chance to help her make partner at her accountancy firm. But when she finds out her clients CFO is Luke Chalmers, the man who broke her heart seven years ago when he chose his ex over her, she doesn’t know how she’ll make it through the trip away seeing him every day.

Stuck in Paradise With You was a fun, easy and quick beach read. I really enjoyed finding more out about Carrie and Luke during the build up to the incoming storm. And I really liked how down to earth Joe seemed, for a billionaire.

It was the perfect book for a second chance romance and a fun redemption story.

Thank you Laura Carter, Netgalley and Boldwood books for this advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review. If your looking for a fun holiday romance, this is definitely one for you!