The Paradise Problem
Anna Green thought she was marrying Liam “West” Weston for access to subsidized family housing while at UCLA. She also thought she’d signed divorce papers when the graduation caps were tossed, and they both went on their merry ways. Three years later, Anna is a starving artist living paycheck to paycheck while West is a Stanford professor. He may be one of four heirs to the Weston Foods conglomerate, but he has little interest in working for the heartless corporation his family built from the ground up. He is interested, however, in his one-hundred-million-dollar inheritance. There’s just one catch. Due to an antiquated clause in his grandfather’s will, Liam won’t see a penny until he’s been happily married for five years. Just when Liam thinks he’s in the home stretch, pressure mounts from his family to see this mysterious spouse, and he has no choice but to turn to the one person he’s afraid to introduce to his one-percenter parents—his unpolished, not-so-ex-wife. But in the presence of his family, Liam’s fears quickly shift from whether the feisty, foul-mouthed, paint-splattered Anna can play the part to whether the toxic world of wealth will corrupt someone as pure of
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Three years after their fake green-card wedding in art school, Los Angeles painter Anna Green and grocery heir Liam West are still legally married. When Liam's family demands his wife appear at a tropical anniversary trip to keep his trust fund, Anna reluctantly agrees to play the part.
Yes. The Paradise Problem contains explicit on-page romance scenes, around 4 out of 5 on the spice scale. Christina Lauren is known for steamy contemporary romcoms with banter.
Yes. The Paradise Problem contains explicit on-page romance scenes, around 4 out of 5 on the spice scale. Christina Lauren is known for steamy contemporary romcoms with banter.
The Paradise Problem is a standalone Christina Lauren novel. Each of their later novels stands on its own, though some share connected friend groups.
The Paradise Problem was written by Christina Lauren, published in 2024 by Gallery Books.
The Paradise Problem is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.