Growing up on the tropical paradise of St. John, Ellie Green had three goals: study ecology, save the planet, and marry Ryan Andersen, the dreamy older boy who hung out at the Paradise Resort next door. Ten years later, Ellie's college plans are in ruins and the planet isn't saved, but she still has a chance to marry Ryan. All she has to do is help him bulldoze her childhood home and build an island-destroying casino.
Billionaire Ryan Andersen has it all: charisma, women, and a talent for starting new businesses. But Ryan's never managed to stick with any business--or woman--for long. When Ryan gambles his fortune on developing a world-class casino, he finds himself accidentally engaged to environmentalist Ellie Green. But convincing Ellie to go along with the project won't be a problem. As long as he doesn't lose his head and fall in love....
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St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
Ellie Green couldn’t wait to get home and give her Granny Gigi a hug.
“Thanks, Pete.” She dropped her duffel on the boat dock of the Paradise Resort and dug a soggy twenty-dollar bill out of her jacket—all that remained of the twenty-five thousand dollars she’d set out to save the world with four years ago.
Warm rain drizzled out of bloated gray clouds. Ferryman Pete’s eyes traveled from Ellie’s twenty to her thin T-shirt and patched waterproof duffle. “Don’ worry about it.” He waved her money away. “Welcome home.”
A storm swell rocked the boat, heaving the ramp in the air. Four tourists—pea green after their short boat ride from St. Thomas—staggered down the incline to the dock. Ellie helped Pete load their suitcases onto the electric cart that would carry them uphill to the Paradise Resort lobby. The August storm that had delayed her return home had hit the resort hard, crushing flowerbeds, ripping branches off of trees, although beneath the mess, the place seemed to be prospering.
“Just make sure,” Pete said between bags, “you talk to Doris before headin’ next door.”
Ellie smiled vaguely. The resort concierge was an old family friend who’d given Ellie her first job as a gardener. But why visit Doris before Gran? Unless Pete thought Ellie had gotten too old to climb the locked gate between properties.
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