Book Review - One Week In Paradise by Anise Starre

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Title: One Week In Paradise

Author: Anise Starre

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Publication Date: 31st July 2025

Rating: 5 Stars

Seven days can change a lot.

When disgraced influencer Bailey Clarke is invited to go on an all expenses paid trip to a couples only resort in Jamaica, she's ecstatic. It’s the perfect opportunity to rebuild her brand. The only problem is . . . she's not currently in a relationship.

Enter the effortlessly handsome Caspian 'Cash' Reid, her brother Dane's best friend. He's never seemed to like Bailey, but when Dane jokingly suggests Cash accompany her to Jamaica and get a free holiday, Bailey is shocked when Cash agrees. It’s only one week in paradise and their agreement is simple enough: Cash will be her fake boyfriend all in the name of content.

But Bailey has secrets, and the closer they get to one another, the closer Cash gets to unravelling her shameful past. As the lines blur between their fake dating agreement and their real feelings, will Bailey let Cash into her life or will she let her past destroy her future? 

I totally whizzed through this book, I started reading it as I started dinner, and two hours later I appear to have reached the end, and I couldn't put it down at all.  This is wonderfully quick and easy to read, and the chemistry between Bailey and Cash is incredibly hot. 

I loved the Jamaica setting for this influencer trip, and it's good in a way to see that even influencers get anxious about what they are posting, especially after a viral video that didn't overly show Bailey in a positive light. 

But everyone should be allowed to make a mistake, it's just harder when there are cameras everywhere nowadays. 

I loved seeing the dynamics between Bailey and Cash, and there are some totally sizzling scenes between them while they are being a fake couple for the sake of this opportunity for Bailey.   I do love a book with a bit of fake dating, and really enjoyed that element of this. 

This was such an enjoyable story to read, it gave me great amounts of pleasure, and it's such an accomplished debut novel.  It's actually though the second book I've read from this author and I am already looking forward to reading more from her, given how much I've enjoyed this one. 

What an entertaining story.  I loved it a lot. 

Thank you Simon & Schuster and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.