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Christmas Assignment in Paradise
Working over Christmas, I meet a hot billionaire in Hawaii who sets me on fire. But what if he turns out to be the enemy?
Sydney
When I’m sent to Hawaii for the holidays to write an article, my path collides with a tall, handsome man who takes my breath away.
Every touch is electric. He’s the perfect Christmas present.
At least I thought he was, until I found out he’s the subject of the cover up I’m investigating. Was I really taken in by the bad guy?
Asher
As CEO of my family’s business, it’s on my shoulders to fix the disaster at our resort before someone is hurt. Otherwise, our reputation and finances will be destroyed.
The last thing I need is a beautiful, intriguing woman worming her way into my life now. But she’s taken up residence in my head and elsewhere.
Our attraction is magnetic. My desire for her is palpable and undeniable—that is, until I learn a secret that could ruin everything.
If you love a standalone holiday romance with a contemporary billionaire and forced proximity, then you’ll love Christmas Assignment in Paradise.
Click now to Preorder and experience Sydney and Asher’s romance and adventure in paradise.
Sydney
When I’m sent to Hawaii for the holidays to write an article, my path collides with a tall, handsome man who takes my breath away.
Every touch is electric. He’s the perfect Christmas present.
At least I thought he was, until I found out he’s the subject of the cover up I’m investigating. Was I really taken in by the bad guy?
Asher
As CEO of my family’s business, it’s on my shoulders to fix the disaster at our resort before someone is hurt. Otherwise, our reputation and finances will be destroyed.
The last thing I need is a beautiful, intriguing woman worming her way into my life now. But she’s taken up residence in my head and elsewhere.
Our attraction is magnetic. My desire for her is palpable and undeniable—that is, until I learn a secret that could ruin everything.
If you love a standalone holiday romance with a contemporary billionaire and forced proximity, then you’ll love Christmas Assignment in Paradise.
Click now to Preorder and experience Sydney and Asher’s romance and adventure in paradise.
209 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 18, 2025
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About the author
J.D. Carothers
7 books29 followersWhen not consumed by her job as an attorney, J.D. Carothers loves to cook for her family and friends, read murder mysteries and romance novels, eat chocolate, and sip wine watching the sunset in Southern California.
Late at night or early on weekend mornings, she tries to find a quiet place to write her next novel and trade the stress of real life for a fantasy world where murder and romance are on the menu, along with the food she loves.
She just wishes there were more hours in each day!
For more information, visit
www.jdcarothers.com
Late at night or early on weekend mornings, she tries to find a quiet place to write her next novel and trade the stress of real life for a fantasy world where murder and romance are on the menu, along with the food she loves.
She just wishes there were more hours in each day!
For more information, visit
www.jdcarothers.com
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November 18, 2025
I have read everything the J.D Carothers has wrote and I just fall more in love with her writing each time I pick up a new book. This was such a fun book to read. I was hooked from the first page until the very end. This is a fast paced book that will have you trying to solve a mystery and falling in love at the same time.
Sydney is sent to Hawaii the week of Christmas to write a story for work. One of the big hotels there have been having a string of jewelry thefts happening and it's been kept hush hush. While on her flight there she is sitting next to a man that makes her a complete klutz! He doesn't know if she's drunk of just klutzy. LOL All she knows is every touch he's made with her has been electric! Once she arrives at the hotel of course she would bump into someone and that someone is the hot guy from the plane!
Asher is on his way to Hawaii to over see a hotel he owns that have been having some thefts and is there to investigate. What he doesn't expect to find is the beautiful girl from the plane there as well. He knows she's a travel reporter but he doesn't what her real reasoning for being there is. As these two start to get to know each other their secrets are at risk of being exposed. Will they be able to be together once all is revealed?
This book had me falling in LOVE with Ash & Sydney. They were both great characters and you couldn't help but root for both of them. I loved following along with the mystery of finding out who the jewelry thief was and how they did everything. This was the perfect holiday romance story with a mystery attached. You will smile, laugh out loud, SWOON HARD at time with Ash and you will be left with a wonderful ending! I HIGHLY recommend this book!
Thank you J.D. Carothers for allowing me to read this ARC for my honest opinion.
Sydney is sent to Hawaii the week of Christmas to write a story for work. One of the big hotels there have been having a string of jewelry thefts happening and it's been kept hush hush. While on her flight there she is sitting next to a man that makes her a complete klutz! He doesn't know if she's drunk of just klutzy. LOL All she knows is every touch he's made with her has been electric! Once she arrives at the hotel of course she would bump into someone and that someone is the hot guy from the plane!
Asher is on his way to Hawaii to over see a hotel he owns that have been having some thefts and is there to investigate. What he doesn't expect to find is the beautiful girl from the plane there as well. He knows she's a travel reporter but he doesn't what her real reasoning for being there is. As these two start to get to know each other their secrets are at risk of being exposed. Will they be able to be together once all is revealed?
This book had me falling in LOVE with Ash & Sydney. They were both great characters and you couldn't help but root for both of them. I loved following along with the mystery of finding out who the jewelry thief was and how they did everything. This was the perfect holiday romance story with a mystery attached. You will smile, laugh out loud, SWOON HARD at time with Ash and you will be left with a wonderful ending! I HIGHLY recommend this book!
Thank you J.D. Carothers for allowing me to read this ARC for my honest opinion.
November 19, 2025
When Sydney is sent to Hawaii the week of Christmas for a travel piece, the last thing she expects is to stumble straight into a real-life mystery. A luxury hotel has been quietly dealing with a string of jewelry thefts, and she’s determined to get the story—if she can stay on her feet long enough to write it.
Her trip gets interesting fast when she’s seated next to the world’s most distracting man on her flight. One brush of his arm and she’s dropping things, tripping over nothing, and wondering if he thinks she’s tipsy or just incredibly clumsy. But the sparks? Undeniable.
And of course, when she arrives at the hotel… she runs right into him again.
Enter Asher: billionaire hotel owner, in Hawaii to investigate the thefts himself. He recognizes Sydney instantly—and he also knows she’s a travel reporter. What he doesn’t know is why she’s really there. As they grow closer, their secrets inch dangerously close to the surface. When the truth comes out, will it pull them apart or push them together?
Ash & Sydney had me hooked from the very first page. Their chemistry is instant, their banter is addictive, and every interaction feels charged in the best way. Add in the mystery of the jewelry thefts, the tropical Christmas setting, and all the swoony moments between them, and you’ve got pure holiday-romance perfection. It’s fun, flirty, a little suspenseful, and completely impossible to put down.
Her trip gets interesting fast when she’s seated next to the world’s most distracting man on her flight. One brush of his arm and she’s dropping things, tripping over nothing, and wondering if he thinks she’s tipsy or just incredibly clumsy. But the sparks? Undeniable.
And of course, when she arrives at the hotel… she runs right into him again.
Enter Asher: billionaire hotel owner, in Hawaii to investigate the thefts himself. He recognizes Sydney instantly—and he also knows she’s a travel reporter. What he doesn’t know is why she’s really there. As they grow closer, their secrets inch dangerously close to the surface. When the truth comes out, will it pull them apart or push them together?
Ash & Sydney had me hooked from the very first page. Their chemistry is instant, their banter is addictive, and every interaction feels charged in the best way. Add in the mystery of the jewelry thefts, the tropical Christmas setting, and all the swoony moments between them, and you’ve got pure holiday-romance perfection. It’s fun, flirty, a little suspenseful, and completely impossible to put down.
November 19, 2025
Journalist Sydney is on her way to Maui and a four-star resort ostensibly to do a fluff piece about singles travelling alone at Christmas but her alter ego Chris is really there to investigate a series of jewel thefts that the hotel’s owners are covering up. Little did she know, the handsome stranger she sat next to on the plane knew more about these events than she thought.
Christmas Assignment in Paradise was a quick and entertaining read with likeable characters and an enjoyable storyline. I love a good suspense plot with my romance and nothing beats the romanticism and glamour of the idea of a jewel thief and even though I half figured out the villain of the piece straight away - I say half because I didn’t come close to guessing the motives behind their crimes which came as a bit of a twist in the tale. Possibly I would’ve liked more background to their history with one of the main characters, it might’ve given us amateur armchair detectives reading a chance to work out whodunnit if we’d had more clues. Asher did annoy me with his behaviour towards Sydney when he thought she was lying to him which was a bit of a double standard considering he’d been lax with the truth but on the whole this book was an enjoyable way to spend a couple of hours and I could easily imagine it being adapted for television and being something I’d be happy to watch.
Christmas Assignment in Paradise was a quick and entertaining read with likeable characters and an enjoyable storyline. I love a good suspense plot with my romance and nothing beats the romanticism and glamour of the idea of a jewel thief and even though I half figured out the villain of the piece straight away - I say half because I didn’t come close to guessing the motives behind their crimes which came as a bit of a twist in the tale. Possibly I would’ve liked more background to their history with one of the main characters, it might’ve given us amateur armchair detectives reading a chance to work out whodunnit if we’d had more clues. Asher did annoy me with his behaviour towards Sydney when he thought she was lying to him which was a bit of a double standard considering he’d been lax with the truth but on the whole this book was an enjoyable way to spend a couple of hours and I could easily imagine it being adapted for television and being something I’d be happy to watch.
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