One Warm Winter

In Jamie Pope, One Warm Winter, this startling contemporary romance debut will overwhelm you with a whole lot of things. For Wynter Bates, she was adopted by a wealthy billionaire when she was a baby. And when she was little, someone tried to kidnap her, spewing false claims that she was her child. Now as an adult, she had grown up living in Washington D.C as a college professor as her father runs for president and a scandal had transpired in the news--someone leaked to the press about the love letters about an affair and a secret love child.  Caught up in the middle, Cullen Whelan, Wyn's Irish bodyguard whisked her away to St. Thomas and wait for everything to die down. To this secret getaway to tropical paradise, both Cullen and Wyn pretend their loves to Cullen's friends who were former military personnel and spies. When she's brought into his world, they get to know each other better and get closer to each other as more news unfolded about the scandal, making Wyn wonder if it was the truth about her parentage or all a lie. For Wyn, she was an African-American woman live with privilege and the riches, while Cullen was the opposite of her, an Irish lad who had battle scars from the war and from having a rough childhood with his father's beatings. Although Cullen sworn to protect her, he didn't want to fall in love with her and have no sex with her. But with a chance encounter together on the island made magic together between them. Between Cullen's father's ill health in Ireland and the D.C. scandal winding down with a shocker about Wyn's older sister, things come ahead to them to discover their true feelings for each other to have a go with it and have their own paradise in the States.

This was a real lovely contemporary romance that's diverse and true to form to tell a warm-hearted story. I cared for Wyn and how she would deal with the fallout and the repercussions from her father's deceit and lies. I also wondered how she would adjust to the news and how she felt for Cullen. I did feel for Cullen who had a lot of emotional baggage he carried to the States and then to the islands. I do think he has a lot of swagger and a sexy Irish brogue. Jazz was a hoot too. I did love the vast location settings from D.C to St. Thomas and a short visit to Ireland too for the settings. This would make you want to sway and swoon with non-stop action, plenty of drama, lots of sexy romance, and a hint of sparkling suspense for a well-rounded read.

Will you find your paradise on the islands in One Warm Winter?