What Happens in Paradise
- Published
- 8 October 2019
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN-13
- 9780316426077
- Type
- novel
About this book
What Happens in Paradise, published October 8, 2019 at 352 pages, continues the Steele family's story as Irene and her sons dig into the hidden business dealings and second household Russ left behind on St. John.
Key facts about What Happens in Paradise
What Happens in Paradise is a novel by Elin Hilderbrand. Readers have had it since 8 October 2019. It runs to 352 pages.
Our list holds 2 editions of What Happens in Paradise. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780316426077 to find the main one.
What Happens in Paradise is book 2 of 3 in the Paradise series. The series has 3 published books. However, the series starts with Winter in Paradise (2018). It is also the latest book in the series with a full release date.
Additionally, Elin Hilderbrand writes Nantucket, Winter Street and The Academy as separate series. Those series sit on our women's fiction and young adult fiction shelves. Meanwhile, The Academy is the latest published Elin Hilderbrand book on file, from 16 September 2025.
About Elin Hilderbrand
Elin Hilderbrand is an American novelist known as the reigning voice of Nantucket fiction, having set the great majority of her nearly thirty books on the Massachusetts island where she has lived since the early 1990s. See every Elin Hilderbrand book in order.
Its place in Paradise
What Happens in Paradise is book 2 in the Paradise series. It follows Winter in Paradise. It is followed by Troubles in Paradise. See the full Paradise reading order.
The Paradise trilogy opens with Irene Steele learning that her husband Russ has died in a helicopter crash off the coast of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands -- and that the settled, comfortable life she thought she had with him was, in fact, a carefully maintained double life. Irene and her two adult sons travel to St. John to claim his body and instead uncover a second household, hidden business dealings, and a set of secrets that unravel across all three books. It's a departure in tone from Hilderbrand's…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780316426077
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780316536516