Paradise Coast
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- Pre-Order
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- Expected Feb 24, 2026
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
Rival groups of local and wealthy teens in a small Everglades town confront the secrets that rise from the waters in the wake of a hurricane in this sizzling and suspenseful thriller from New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Young—perfect for fans of Outer Banks and The White Lotus.
Some secrets won’t stay buried. Not even in the Everglades.
Deep in the Everglades, there was once a luxurious and legendary hotel enjoyed by the wealthy elite. Until one mysterious night when a fire tore through the building, killing a young socialite and casting blame on a local dock worker. Soon after, the hotel vanished, swallowed up by the wetlands like it never existed at all.
Until now.
When a powerful hurricane unearths the ruins of the long-forgotten hotel, the past is dragged back to the surface as clues to the devasting truth about the night of the fire are revealed.
It’s the truth that die-hard local Noa and her friends have been chasing for years in the hopes of clearing their ancestor’s name and pushing back against the rich families trying to force them out. With the help of Jamie, the rebellious son of a wealthy businessman, Noa and her crew begin a desperate fight for the justice they deserve.
It won’t be easy. Because the wealthy control just about everything on Paradise Coast—including the truth. And they will do whatever it takes, even kill, to make sure the past stays buried.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A community's decades-old feud comes to a head in this savvy thriller from Young (In Nightfall). Teen Noa finds comfort in running the Surf Shack on Cape Hope with her father. Following her mother's death and her brother's disappearance, the family business feels like the only thing she has left. But the Collective, influential Cape Hope residents, seems intent on slowly forcing the establishment out of business. Meanwhile, Noa's ex-boyfriend and Collective member Jamie has always been uneasy with his community's elitist ways. The clash between working-class locals and the Collective is generations-old, beginning when a disgruntled shift worker purportedly set fire to the hotel where he worked, killing a rich heiress in the process. When Noa discovers inconsistencies about the hotel blaze, she and Jamie endeavor to uncover the truth, which might be more tied up in Jamie's family history than he anticipated. Conversations regarding gentrification and class differences are surface-level and well-trodden, but sensorial depictions of the marshy Florida setting steal the show as the white-cued protagonists navigate pulse-pounding mystery and romance. Ages 12–up.