Review: GREAT READ!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 23, 2014
SUMMER'S BOOK BLOGThis is the first novel that I have read by this C.M. Hutton and boy did I pick the right one to introduce myself to her writing! She was able to tackle this subject matter in an honest and brilliant wayParadise can mean a lot of things to different people; it can be a place, an emotion or a person, whatever you want it to be. It can also turn on you like the calm waves hitting the perfect shoreline which become destructive and devastating during a storm.Taken can also have a lot of meanings depending on the context that it is used inCombine these two words together, that is what this story is about. Well at least in my humble opinion.Paradise Taken is a suspenseful romance with lots of elements to it. Intrigue, deceit, love, pain and discovery.It is a story you won’t be able to put down.Two couples moving to the island of St. John, the most beautiful place on earth some would say, thinking that they going to paradise but what happens to the lives of these four people and their families are anything but beautiful and calm.  Two will discovery love and passion and two will be left reeling and shattered.The men are business partners and old friends. Trusting each in the work place and in their private life. What happens when that is broken and who is to blame? Can anyone really be to blame when the reasons behind the betrayal are revealed?  C.M. Hutton so eloquently describes to us all the emotions and decision making process behind it so well.With twists and turns, agony and passion, it is a story worth reading to see how it all unfolds and develops. What would make a man commit such a sin as “thou shall not covet your neighbors’ wife” and setting in motion a chain of events that is heartbreaking and poignant at the same time.Some might have a problem with the premise of this story, I know I for one do not condone adultery but as stated previously the author portrays it so well and explains the reasoning behind the hard choices and circumstances that you understand and realize, that not everything is as it seemed in the beginning.So to wrap it up; give this book a chance, because the characters deserve to be heard. I cannot wait to read the next book in this tale and find out what happens.