To say I was knocked out by LB Dunbar’s new book, Paradise Found: Cain, is not an exaggeration. For me it is the perfect blend of an alpha male, broken by his upbringing, and an increasingly independent woman. As with all her books, the writing is elegant and flows off the page into the reader’s imagination. The characters are well developed and complex, so much of their individual pasts and their shared past go into building their personas.
Cain’s story is the continuation of the story arc that began in Paradise Tempted: The Beginning and continued in Paradise Fought: Abel. Ms. Dunbar weaves a beautiful tale of a man, who grew up in a household without love, trying to digest the fact that he has fallen in love with someone that he feels he doesn’t deserve. . While some may dislike Cain, I adore him because I understand him and the past that broke him My heart aches for Cain through much of the book as he struggles to figure out his life and his heart. He knows that he doesn’t want to let Sophie go but struggles to find a way keep her. Communication is not his best skill, and he often does things in order to protect her, which she misreads as disinterest.
Sophie lost her heart to Cain at her grandparents’ inn, and though they were separated for a year, she never forgot her feelings for him. Sophie is a sweet, loveable, “good” girl who fell in love with a fighter. Separated by an ocean, and time, she could not rid him from her head or her heart. She finds she is fighting a losing battle, and when she realizes he still has feelings for her, the gloves are off. The lovers dance around their feelings for each other; one desperate to hear, “I love you,” and other fighting to say those words and assuming she knows.
The readers get more of the underdog brother, Abel, and his love, Elma, as the brothers struggle with their father and their brotherly relationship. Secrets are revealed about Kursch and Ava, Abel’s coach, and even the death of Sophie’s parents. The most evil character in this trilogy is Atom, Cain and Abel’s father. He is a man hell bent on destroying the bond between the brothers and any happiness they might find with the women they love. The reader has a ringside seat to the ultimate match up.
This round goes to Ms. Dunbar, the fight for love is hard fought, but in the end, she takes the couple to the mat, or perhaps the mattress, and declares them both winners. The book appears to be the final installment of the Paradise Stories, however the ending may prove there is more to tell.
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