Welcome to the Paradise Motel is a modern retelling of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing set in Florida.
Quick-tempered Beatrice Bright has carved out a niche for herself as a small-town reporter for the Paradise Post. Unfortunately, the biggest news in her tiny beach town is that her old rival, Ben Constant, is moving back and bringing his depressingly successful video game company along with him. With the arrival of the company, Bea’s world begins to change rapidly. Bea and Ben engage in battles of wits in the midst of parades, interviews, holiday parties, and hurricanes. Fed up with the years of romantic tension between them, their friends and neighbors at the Paradise Motel decide to trick them into revealing their feelings for each other. But when one of their friends is slandered, Bea and Ben must face up to their feelings and work together to reveal the truth.
About the author:
Olivia Taylor grew up in Fernandina Beach, Florida, and lived in a motel-turned-dorm in college that inspired the Paradise Motel. She enjoys writing and reading stories that cultivate a sense of wonder and playfulness alongside the challenges and joys of everyday life. Her poetry has appeared in The Avalon Literary Review, The Lamp, and Living Waters Review. She is currently a graduate student at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where she teaches American literature and studies Shakespeare and young adult literature. When not writing or researching, she enjoys painting, haunting local coffee shops, and playing cozy videogames.
instagram and tiktok: @livtheadventure
Genre tags:
New Adult, retelling, regional writing, romance, humor, geek culture, beach read.
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