From Publishers Weekly
Two strong-willed characters maintain 11 years of unwarranted hostility based on a series of misunderstandings in this engaging romance, which was a BOMC main selection in cloth and spent 11 weeks on PW 's hardcover bestseller list. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.


From Library Journal
Heiress to a famous department store fortune, Meredith Bancroft chafes under the strict supervision of her interfering father. When she meets ambitious, handsome steelworker Matt Farrell, Meredith is ripe for the picking, and trouble brews on both sides of the tracks when she becomes pregnant at 18. Mcnaught's skillful treatment of Meredith, the self-styled ugly duckling and poor little rich girl, will pique readers' interest and engage their sympathy. This interest is sorely tested, however, as Meredith's relationship with Matt strains the imagination. Paradise is Mcnaught's hardcover debut, and romance fans of Danielle Steel and Janet Dailey who enjoy a stylish, improbable, fast-paced story will probably welcome Mcnaught to the ranks.- Lydia Burruel Johnson, Mesa P.L., Ariz.Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.


From Kirkus Reviews
A hard-cover debut from McNaught (sudsers like Almost Heaven and Kingdom of Dreams) links--in a contentious, sizzling-sheets romance--a Chicago department-store heiress/exec and a self-made corporate king. Between the first pash and the final nuptial flight, there're pages and pages of buzz about business and betrayals. Meredith Bancroft, only offspring of the ruthless president of Bancroft & Co., had pushed romance aside--all she wanted at 18 was to fill her father's male-chauvinist trotter-prints to head Bancroft. Then entered Matt Farrell, a lowly mechanic from rural Indiana: ``His features looked as if they had been chiselled out of rough granite.'' Meredith (with ``a nose that sculptors would envy'') was a mere pebble of fate, and there followed a volcanic coupling, a pregnancy, and marriage. But, alas, Meredith, back with furious Daddy, suffered a miscarriage...then waited in vain for Matt--who believed she'd had an abortion and who wanted a divorce. Eleven years later, Matt, having risen to heights at which he's interviewed by Barbara Walters and ``emanates raw, harsh power,'' and Meredith, still held from power by Dad, clash. There's a nasty surprise about the long-ago divorce, and Matt makes some surprising demands. Will they never blurt out their separate versions of what happened 11 years before? Yes, but as romance-readers know, that takes time--here filled with stony silences, the biting of lips, and awesome lapses into Love. There's also a good deal of corporate takeover talk (nothing strenuous), fancy clothes, food, and digs. If not absolute paradise for McNaught fans, at least a sunny easement to the beach--where this will be an inevitable summer companion. (Book-of-the-Month Dual Selection for August.) -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.


Book Description

Together at last -- two acclaimed novels of danger and desire from New York Times bestselling author.

Paradise

When corporate raider Matthew Farrell targets a department store empire, he crosses paths with stunning blonde Meredith Bancroft -- and a once-in-a-lifetime passion and bittersweet memories are rekindled for each of them. Can Matt and Meredith believe in each other at last? Or will a hostile takeover shatter their tenuous trust?

Tender Triumph

Stunning Katie Connelly submerged her painful past in a fast-track career and men she could keep at a distance. Until a sensuous stranger sweeps her into a love like she has never known. Will Katie fully surrender to proud, rugged Ramon Galverra -- a man from a different world, a secretive man with a bold, uncertain future?


About the Author
Judith McNaught has most recently won critical acclaim for her sensational #1 New York Times bestseller, Night Whispers. She first soared to stardom with her stunning bestseller Whitney, My Love, and went on to win the hearts of millions of readers with such novels as Double Standards, Tender Triumph, Once and Always, and the New York Times bestsellers Something Wonderful, A Kingdom of Dreams, Almost Heaven, Paradise, Perfect, Until You, and Remember When. Judith McNaught lives in Houston.

ANNOTATION

A spectacular storyteller whose novels speak to the heart, McNaught now presents her most wonderful and heart-moving story to date. Separated for years, lovers Matt Farrell and Meredith Bancroft are reunited when Matt's help is required to fight a hostile takeover of the Bancroft family business. "Fast-paced romantic entertainment."--USA Today.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Together at last -- two acclaimed novels of danger and desire from New York Times bestselling author.

Paradise

When corporate raider Matthew Farrell targets a department store empire, he crosses paths with stunning blonde Meredith Bancroft -- and a once-in-a-lifetime passion and bittersweet memories are rekindled for each of them. Can Matt and Meredith believe in each other at last? Or will a hostile takeover shatter their tenuous trust?

Tender Triumph

Stunning Katie Connelly submerged her painful past in a fast-track career and men she could keep at a distance. Until a sensuous stranger sweeps her into a love like she has never known. Will Katie fully surrender to proud, rugged Ramon Galverra -- a man from a different world, a secretive man with a bold, uncertain future?

FROM THE CRITICS

Publishers Weekly

Two strong-willed characters maintain 11 years of unwarranted hostility based on a series of misunderstandings in this engaging romance, which was a BOMC main selection in cloth and spent 11 weeks on PW 's hardcover bestseller list. (June)

Library Journal