As an only child, Alicia McKay's family history has always been shrouded in mystery. The only details she has are in her deceased mother's tattered journals, which she inherited after her father died. Determined to uncover family secrets, Alicia travels from Atlanta to Jamaica and settles into Hotel Paradise.

For Darius Monroe, work means everything. When he is asked to take over the family-run business in Jamaica, he leaves his successful Chicago coffeehouse chain behind to help revive the struggling resort. What he doesn't expect to find are the constant troubles that seem to plague the hotel or Alicia McKay, who provides the kind of R & R Darius never imagined he needed.