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Brothers Paradise #3
Dr. Ryker
We promised it was just for fun. No labels. No feelings. But now I can’t imagine my life without her.
Ryker
Ginny Dempsey is the last woman I should want.
Her family’s been feuding with mine for decades, and getting involved with her would set the whole town on fire.
But we’ve been sneaking around for months—stolen nights, secret touches, everything off-limits.
I told myself it was temporary. Just a distraction.
But every time she leaves my bed, it feels more and more like a mistake I don’t want to make.
I want her to choose me, out loud and in the light.
But if the truth comes out, it could destroy everything.
And I’m not sure either of us is ready for the fallout.
Ginny
Ryker Paradise is infuriating, addictive, and completely forbidden.
I didn’t mean to fall for him.
He’s charming, relentless, and makes me forget why I ever told myself I had to stay away.
But my family would never forgive me for choosing him—and his might never trust me.
Still, the more I try to pull back, the harder he fights for me.
And when the vineyard sabotage escalates, I’m forced to choose sides.
Loyalty or love.
There’s no way I can have both.
Dr. Ryker is a standalone romance with a happily ever after. It’s the third book in the Brothers Paradise series and continues the story of the Paradise family and their rivals. You can start here, but be warned—you might fall hard for all the Paradise brothers.
What you can expect from Dr. Ryker
medical romance
secret relationship
family feud / Hatfield & McCoy style
forbidden love
forced proximity
best man + maid of honor dynamic
sabotage mystery
very steamy scenes
emotional depth with a soft hero under the charm
Ryker
Ginny Dempsey is the last woman I should want.
Her family’s been feuding with mine for decades, and getting involved with her would set the whole town on fire.
But we’ve been sneaking around for months—stolen nights, secret touches, everything off-limits.
I told myself it was temporary. Just a distraction.
But every time she leaves my bed, it feels more and more like a mistake I don’t want to make.
I want her to choose me, out loud and in the light.
But if the truth comes out, it could destroy everything.
And I’m not sure either of us is ready for the fallout.
Ginny
Ryker Paradise is infuriating, addictive, and completely forbidden.
I didn’t mean to fall for him.
He’s charming, relentless, and makes me forget why I ever told myself I had to stay away.
But my family would never forgive me for choosing him—and his might never trust me.
Still, the more I try to pull back, the harder he fights for me.
And when the vineyard sabotage escalates, I’m forced to choose sides.
Loyalty or love.
There’s no way I can have both.
Dr. Ryker is a standalone romance with a happily ever after. It’s the third book in the Brothers Paradise series and continues the story of the Paradise family and their rivals. You can start here, but be warned—you might fall hard for all the Paradise brothers.
What you can expect from Dr. Ryker
medical romance
secret relationship
family feud / Hatfield & McCoy style
forbidden love
forced proximity
best man + maid of honor dynamic
sabotage mystery
very steamy scenes
emotional depth with a soft hero under the charm
349 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 13, 2025
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October 14, 2025
The modern day Hatfields and McCoys...This was a forbidden love, slow burn romance that hits all the right emotional notes. Ryker and Ginny’s relationship is intense and addictive, fueled by a family feud that makes every stolen moment feel dangerous. Ryker is a soft and charming hero who is completely devoted to Ginny. Ginny is a mix of sweetness and stubbornness that makes her incredibly relatable.
The story has so much tension from secret rendezvous to vineyard sabotage. I loved the small, tender moments between the couple. The quote that made me swoon was, “All this time, I thought I was chasing her. But maybe she’s been carrying this weight…Maybe what she needs isn’t space. It’s someone who stays." And stay? He sure did!
The only reason I’m giving it four stars instead of five is that some of the drama with the family feud and sabotage could feel a little over the top at times. I wanted a better resolution with the terrible grandmother and mother.
I received an ARC copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
The story has so much tension from secret rendezvous to vineyard sabotage. I loved the small, tender moments between the couple. The quote that made me swoon was, “All this time, I thought I was chasing her. But maybe she’s been carrying this weight…Maybe what she needs isn’t space. It’s someone who stays." And stay? He sure did!
The only reason I’m giving it four stars instead of five is that some of the drama with the family feud and sabotage could feel a little over the top at times. I wanted a better resolution with the terrible grandmother and mother.
I received an ARC copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
October 17, 2025
Loving My Family’s Enemy
Ryker Paradise is a man of many talents and a big heart. As a member of the Paradise family of doctors, including his mom and brothers, he is called on to share his talents and heart as a pediatrician to support the health of Paradise’s youngest citizens. He can soothe a fretful baby with soft words and gently swaying motions. He can convince a 4-year-old that a red lollypop and an Oscar the Grouch Band-Aid will lessen the sting from the vaccine about to be administered. And, he can calm a new mother’s insecurity and her inability to translate the midnight cries of her infant, assuring her that her baby's cries are not a crisis of health, but more likely of her newborn’s seeking cuddles, a dry, clean diaper, a midnight bottle, or simply the desire for mom’s warmth, scent and the proximity of mom’s steady beating heart.
But, with all the affirming moments of his profession as a pediatrician, he also faces the darker moments of his practice. Over the years, he has observed that the listless and wary responses of a young child are may not simply be shyness. Rather, those reticent presentments may help inform him in how he should discern that the bruises, broken bones and the fear in the boy’s eyes when he is touched by an adult are signs of abuse, not childhood bumps, stumbles and clumsiness.
And, as a son of the Paradise family vineyard enterprise, he and his brothers and sister have also grown under his dad’s tutelage, understanding the changes of the vineyards through the seasons and how the appearances of the grape vines in the family’s vineyard reflect how the vines are growing and maturing as the rains and watering system provides water for the thirsty plants. Additionally, he and his siblings have learned to taste a wine, discerning the stage of fermentation, aware pf sensitive notes developing in fermenting grapes, promising a good wine or great wine.
And so, while following his mom and brothers in the medical field, he offers his love and support for his sister, Tarryn, who under dad’s guidance, has chosen to work in the family’s wine business. And so, she has embraced the future growth and care of the family’s vineyards rather than follow mom’s career of medicine like her brothers. Ryker also knows that part of the challenge that Tarryn faces daily as her position expands, are the increasing tensions and challenges emanating from dad’s brother and nephew who question whether a woman is the appropriate leader for the family’s generational business. And, Ryker also knows that the Paradise family and family winery can’t ease the older rivalry of another local wine producing family, the Dempsey’s.
Now, one of his older brothers, Beckett, is about to marry Sadie Calloway, a resident of Paradise and the sister of Beckett’s best friend. And, Sadie has chosen her best friend from childhood, Ginny Dempsey, as her maid of honor. Just as the name Paradise is long associated with wine and wine production, even giving name to the community of Paradise, the Dempseys also share a long history in the wine industry in Paradise. However, the relationship within the Dempsey family is fraught with generational tensions.
Unfortunately, past accusations of treachery and infidelity have created decades of generational tension in among both Paradise and Dempsey families who have feuded over the adjacent lands, vineyards and water access. Further enflaming the tensions is each family’s pride in both wine families for their wines is bad blood from marital affairs between Ryker’s aunt, wife of his dad’s brother, and Ginny’s dad.
Now, most importantly, Ryker and Ginny have been secret friends and lovers—secret not because of his shame from the illicit coupling of a Paradise and a Dempsey, but secrecy to avoid throwing gasoline on the smoldering flames between two local neighboring wine families.
Now, as the wedding of Beckett and Sadie approaches, both Ginny and Ryker are aware of their families’ ongoing animosity. Both Ryker and Ginny are committed to making the wedding a success. And as best man and maid of honor, Ryker and Ginny are naturally thrown together as they work to make the event the perfect moment for the bride and groom. And, the more they collaborate in supporting the bride and groom’s plans and desires, Ryker is reminded repeatedly that Ginny is the only woman who has touched his heart and read his soul. And similarly, Ginny’s love for a son of the Paradises, the family that the Dempsey’s hold responsible for all their troubles and disappointments of through the decades and into the present day, threatens to once again ignite the feuding fires of the two neighboring families.
I received a review copy of Dr. Ryker, but have enjoyed this and the other Brothers Paradise romances, that I purchased a copy for my "read again" collection.
Ryker Paradise is a man of many talents and a big heart. As a member of the Paradise family of doctors, including his mom and brothers, he is called on to share his talents and heart as a pediatrician to support the health of Paradise’s youngest citizens. He can soothe a fretful baby with soft words and gently swaying motions. He can convince a 4-year-old that a red lollypop and an Oscar the Grouch Band-Aid will lessen the sting from the vaccine about to be administered. And, he can calm a new mother’s insecurity and her inability to translate the midnight cries of her infant, assuring her that her baby's cries are not a crisis of health, but more likely of her newborn’s seeking cuddles, a dry, clean diaper, a midnight bottle, or simply the desire for mom’s warmth, scent and the proximity of mom’s steady beating heart.
But, with all the affirming moments of his profession as a pediatrician, he also faces the darker moments of his practice. Over the years, he has observed that the listless and wary responses of a young child are may not simply be shyness. Rather, those reticent presentments may help inform him in how he should discern that the bruises, broken bones and the fear in the boy’s eyes when he is touched by an adult are signs of abuse, not childhood bumps, stumbles and clumsiness.
And, as a son of the Paradise family vineyard enterprise, he and his brothers and sister have also grown under his dad’s tutelage, understanding the changes of the vineyards through the seasons and how the appearances of the grape vines in the family’s vineyard reflect how the vines are growing and maturing as the rains and watering system provides water for the thirsty plants. Additionally, he and his siblings have learned to taste a wine, discerning the stage of fermentation, aware pf sensitive notes developing in fermenting grapes, promising a good wine or great wine.
And so, while following his mom and brothers in the medical field, he offers his love and support for his sister, Tarryn, who under dad’s guidance, has chosen to work in the family’s wine business. And so, she has embraced the future growth and care of the family’s vineyards rather than follow mom’s career of medicine like her brothers. Ryker also knows that part of the challenge that Tarryn faces daily as her position expands, are the increasing tensions and challenges emanating from dad’s brother and nephew who question whether a woman is the appropriate leader for the family’s generational business. And, Ryker also knows that the Paradise family and family winery can’t ease the older rivalry of another local wine producing family, the Dempsey’s.
Now, one of his older brothers, Beckett, is about to marry Sadie Calloway, a resident of Paradise and the sister of Beckett’s best friend. And, Sadie has chosen her best friend from childhood, Ginny Dempsey, as her maid of honor. Just as the name Paradise is long associated with wine and wine production, even giving name to the community of Paradise, the Dempseys also share a long history in the wine industry in Paradise. However, the relationship within the Dempsey family is fraught with generational tensions.
Unfortunately, past accusations of treachery and infidelity have created decades of generational tension in among both Paradise and Dempsey families who have feuded over the adjacent lands, vineyards and water access. Further enflaming the tensions is each family’s pride in both wine families for their wines is bad blood from marital affairs between Ryker’s aunt, wife of his dad’s brother, and Ginny’s dad.
Now, most importantly, Ryker and Ginny have been secret friends and lovers—secret not because of his shame from the illicit coupling of a Paradise and a Dempsey, but secrecy to avoid throwing gasoline on the smoldering flames between two local neighboring wine families.
Now, as the wedding of Beckett and Sadie approaches, both Ginny and Ryker are aware of their families’ ongoing animosity. Both Ryker and Ginny are committed to making the wedding a success. And as best man and maid of honor, Ryker and Ginny are naturally thrown together as they work to make the event the perfect moment for the bride and groom. And, the more they collaborate in supporting the bride and groom’s plans and desires, Ryker is reminded repeatedly that Ginny is the only woman who has touched his heart and read his soul. And similarly, Ginny’s love for a son of the Paradises, the family that the Dempsey’s hold responsible for all their troubles and disappointments of through the decades and into the present day, threatens to once again ignite the feuding fires of the two neighboring families.
I received a review copy of Dr. Ryker, but have enjoyed this and the other Brothers Paradise romances, that I purchased a copy for my "read again" collection.
October 14, 2025
What happens when you begin to make choices based on what YOU want, and not what your family expects? For Ginny, it's not an option. To go against her family would leave her an outcast, completely cut off from their love, support, and a job that is her only way of supporting herself. As she recovers from past events that led her back home, her biggest support is her best friend - who just happens to be getting married to a guy in said family her family is feuding with.
After some internal debate, Ginny decides there's no way she won't be a part of her best friends big day. Afterall, her best friend has been by her side through everything she has ever gone through. Unfortunately that means she will need to spend a lot of time with another member of the grooms family - a hot, smooth talking best man to match her maid of honor.
As Ginny and Ryker get to know each other they begin to question the feud and start to unravel the pieces both sides believe and hold on to. A new generation needs to decide if they are ready to stand up to the old, or if they are willing to take in new information they learn, and stand up to create something new.
Pick up the book and take a ride with Ginny and Ryker as they learn about each others families and try to make a change for the better, bringing their families together as Ginny's best friend tried to bridge the gap, and Ginny and Ryker each learn to find their voice and stand up to what they believe in.
After some internal debate, Ginny decides there's no way she won't be a part of her best friends big day. Afterall, her best friend has been by her side through everything she has ever gone through. Unfortunately that means she will need to spend a lot of time with another member of the grooms family - a hot, smooth talking best man to match her maid of honor.
As Ginny and Ryker get to know each other they begin to question the feud and start to unravel the pieces both sides believe and hold on to. A new generation needs to decide if they are ready to stand up to the old, or if they are willing to take in new information they learn, and stand up to create something new.
Pick up the book and take a ride with Ginny and Ryker as they learn about each others families and try to make a change for the better, bringing their families together as Ginny's best friend tried to bridge the gap, and Ginny and Ryker each learn to find their voice and stand up to what they believe in.
October 16, 2025
I absolutely loved this book and it might be my favourite from the Paradise series and probably is because Ryker might be my favourite Paradise man! Oh the drama, the build up, all combined with the sweetness of Ryker. Who would have thought that he can be so romantic, such a dreamer and fighter for what he wants and loves. And that's Ginny Dempsey! She's a lucky girl indeed! Putting aside the family drama, they are just two people falling in love with the person they expect the least. I liked their mentality that they shouldn't be held accountable for the family feud from the past and most of the time they stayed true to that. But sometimes even the strongest have doubts and my heart broke for them when they were adrift. I literally wanted to hug them. I enjoyed this book from start to finish and I recommend it, as part of the series or as a standalone!
October 13, 2025
Another great read by Grace Maxwell! Ryder is another Paradise brother who is a pediatrician in practice with his Mom. Ginny is the granddaughter of their competing winery the Demseys. They are drawn together but both are hiding behind their masks of indifference and the war between their families. They are drawn together by Sadie and Dr. Beckett’s wedding. It is not only a romance story but a mystery regarding the destruction of the beloved vines to both families. I loved Ryders calm loving reassurance to Ginny, not overwhelming her but just simply holding her hand and allowing her to come to terms with her family and who she wants to be. I would definitely recommend this book and can’t wait to read Tarryn’s story.
October 13, 2025
4.5 stars.
Once I started reading this I couldn't put it down, I wanted to hug both Ginny and Ryker throughout this, my heart broke for them, to be together they had to endure so much. There were moments of happiness but also moments where others would said no more and walked away. I believed in their connection and chemistry 100%, I was pleased that Ryker never gave up, and that they had some people around them who were there for them. I really liked the support, understanding and acceptance between them, and seeing them grow individually and together.
I am on tender hooks to see what will happen next at the vineyard and how many more family secrets, lies and half truths will be discovered.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Once I started reading this I couldn't put it down, I wanted to hug both Ginny and Ryker throughout this, my heart broke for them, to be together they had to endure so much. There were moments of happiness but also moments where others would said no more and walked away. I believed in their connection and chemistry 100%, I was pleased that Ryker never gave up, and that they had some people around them who were there for them. I really liked the support, understanding and acceptance between them, and seeing them grow individually and together.
I am on tender hooks to see what will happen next at the vineyard and how many more family secrets, lies and half truths will be discovered.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
October 7, 2025
I think this is my favourite Paradise book so far. Ginny and Ryker have so many hills to climb to get their HEA. The Dempsey and Paradise families feud is hotting up and I really want to put Evelyn, Max, Zach and someone I have a theory about in a bag and shake them up.
So much animosity that Ginny and Ryker’s love has to break through.
The drama is so good having me on the edge of my seat hoping Ginny can learn to trust again and Ryker can protect her from her own family. With the backdrop of possible sabotage of the vineyards that could explode the feud.
A highly recommended read
So much animosity that Ginny and Ryker’s love has to break through.
The drama is so good having me on the edge of my seat hoping Ginny can learn to trust again and Ryker can protect her from her own family. With the backdrop of possible sabotage of the vineyards that could explode the feud.
A highly recommended read
September 29, 2025
Ms. Maxwell never fails me!
Another totally swoon-worthy Paradise!
I adored Ryker!
I loved what he was willing to risk for a chance at love!
This family…I'd love to have them as my own!
They jest with one another, but their love is un-breakable!
The author states you can start with this book, which you can, but, be warned you might fall in love with all the Paradise brothers...believe me, you will!!! I have!
Another totally swoon-worthy Paradise!
I adored Ryker!
I loved what he was willing to risk for a chance at love!
This family…I'd love to have them as my own!
They jest with one another, but their love is un-breakable!
The author states you can start with this book, which you can, but, be warned you might fall in love with all the Paradise brothers...believe me, you will!!! I have!
October 14, 2025
Dr. Ryker Book 3 of Brothers Paradise by Grace Maxwell sucked me right back into her world of the Paradise Brothers! A modern-day Romeo and Juliet romance without the dying of course, thank goodness! Ms. Maxwell's stories are so realistic, it feels like I can walk right into the story and get my own Paradise Brother!! Loved everything about this story!.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
October 24, 2025
This is the type of book that you can read over and over again. I liked the chemistry between Ginny and Ryker, they sizzled. Someone is sabotaging both families vines and they must find out who and stop them. Since they come from two feuding families it is sort of like Romeo and Juliet without the death. I highly recommend this book to all romance readers.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
January 10, 2026
This book is so dang good. I have really enjoyed the whole series. You feel so bad for her. He is just she need needs. Some of the settings when people see them together. You hold your breath. I love that the rest of the family is involved. And the compassion from most of them. Makes it very interesting. It's very steamy. You will just love this author. Want to have all her books. I even pre-order them. I highly recommend this book. Series.
October 11, 2025
What a great read! I’ve loved this series, but this couple makes my heart melt, gives me goosebumps, and surprises me at every turn. Ryker and Ginny are strong and loyal. Both have hearts of gold. I want to invite them over to dinner and be their best friends. So well written. It’s funny, witty, steamy, and a total joy to read.
October 4, 2025
Wow. Generations of tension, angst, deceit, and hatred are between Ginny and Ryker. But just a spark that won’t go out starts their fire. Ryker’s refusal to let go is exactly what Ginny needed to stand up for herself. Frustrating, but captivating people and story. A Definite need to read!.
October 15, 2025
Brilliant
Ryder and Ginny book is captivating and addictive. I highly recommend this book. A great read. Looking forward to the next book in this series.
Ryder and Ginny book is captivating and addictive. I highly recommend this book. A great read. Looking forward to the next book in this series.
October 20, 2025
Can hardly wait till the rest of the story.
October 21, 2025
Love a good family saga
Book 3, the family saga continues and actually ramps up. Love abounds. Interesting twists. Very good book by Grace Maxwell
Book 3, the family saga continues and actually ramps up. Love abounds. Interesting twists. Very good book by Grace Maxwell
January 5, 2026
I am enjoying this family series,
October 13, 2025
WOW, just WOW… I don’t even know where to begin. I was a mess after book two, Dr. Beckett, and I think I’m just as messy now. I knew this was going to be one hell of an emotional roller coaster but I wasn’t expecting this to pull at ALL of my emotions. Ginny is not what I thought she was, she is the biggest sweetheart but her family drama is dimming her light. One night changes the course of not only her life but Rykers as well. I can’t wait for book four next, especially after that sneak peek. 🖤🔥🍷🔥🖤
My favorite quotes:
• Ryker: All this time, I thought I was chasing her. But maybe she’s been carrying this weight, trying to protect me from what she believes about herself. Maybe what she needs isn’t space. It’s someone who stays.
She’s spent her whole life watching love implode. No wonder she doesn’t trust it. But I do. I trust us. And that has to be enough until she can trust it too.
• Ginny: We sit like that a moment longer, fingers tangled across a table scattered with half-eaten fried snacks. And in the quiet, something shifts. Not loud. Not obvious. Just a small, steady opening, like maybe we’re both starting to realize that we could last, even when it’s messy.
My favorite quotes:
• Ryker: All this time, I thought I was chasing her. But maybe she’s been carrying this weight, trying to protect me from what she believes about herself. Maybe what she needs isn’t space. It’s someone who stays.
She’s spent her whole life watching love implode. No wonder she doesn’t trust it. But I do. I trust us. And that has to be enough until she can trust it too.
• Ginny: We sit like that a moment longer, fingers tangled across a table scattered with half-eaten fried snacks. And in the quiet, something shifts. Not loud. Not obvious. Just a small, steady opening, like maybe we’re both starting to realize that we could last, even when it’s messy.
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