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Stranger in Paradise

by Eileen Goudge · 2001

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A new trilogy set in the small town of Carson Springs, California, kicks off as 48-year-old widow Samantha Kiley prepares for her daughter's wedding to a much older man. Much to her daughter's distress, Samantha meets magnetic decades-younger Ian Carpenter at the wedding and embarks on an affair, igniting a furious scandal in the not-so-idyllic town.

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romanceromanceMore like thisLess of thiswomen’s fictionwomen’s fictionMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisCaliforniaCaliforniaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 432 pages

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