This is a second chance at love for main characters Sofia Vargas and Nate Hamilton. The two meet again as competitors for a local hotel in Florida.. Priscilla Oliveras explores themes of pride, fear, and expectations in this sweet, contemporary romance.

More tangled romance ensues in this Paradise Key book. This is an enjoyable book about a once been love, thwarted by outside influences and given a second chance to resume, thrive and reach its own conclusion.
At the heart of the story is an abandoned hotel-once a thriving business-for sale as is with two bidders: Sofia and Nathan. They were once very much in love and destined to be together until his rich family’s influence wielded by his father broke them apart. Their emotions remained simmering below the surface until Sofia made the final break, leaving Nathan to deal with all his failures and a shattered heart. It is up to Nathan to redeem himself and prove he is the man for Sofia.

A new beginning for two people who more than deserve it.

Former lovers, Sofía Vargas and Nate Hamilton, are brought together once again on Paradise Key where they are both interested in buying the old Paradise Key Resort, where they first met and fell in love. Each has their own reason wanting to buy the Resort. For Sofia, it’s the nostalgia of it. Paradise Key resort holds some of her best memories and she would love to bring the resort back to life again. She has been running a B&B in Key West and is ready to own her own hotel. Nate wants to prove to his father that he is dedicated to the family business. Buying the resort will be the proof his father needs. Nate and Sofia are surprised to find out they are competing bidders on the property. Will this be the end of their friendship or the start of something new?

When Sofia is needed back in Key West for an emergency, Nate goes with her. They put aside their differences and rediscover the passion they once had. This changes everything. But, when they head back to Paradise Key, their relationship will face the biggest test of all time when they find out who wins the resort.

I have never read any of this author’s books before and look forward to reading more. I liked Sofia’s determination to get what she wanted. Nate seemed a little wimpy at first always doing as his father told him, even getting engaged to someone he didn’t love because it was expected of him. But in the end, I liked how he stood up to him. The writing really brought the story to life. I could easily picture the scenes. The characters were fun and likable. All around, this was a fun book to read.

This is the third story in the Paradise Key series but they can each be read as a standalone . . . . All the stories feature young women who met whilst spent their summers in Paradise Key as teenagers and have kept in touch as best friends ever since. There were five of them but one of them, Lily, has tragically died. The remaining four meet up again whilst attending her funeral and each story focusses on one of the friends - in this case it is Sofia Vargas who has the starring role.

Sofia spent many summer holidays working at the Holiday resort where her beloved Aunt and Uncle also worked. It was there she met resort owners’ son, Nathan Patrick Hamilton III who was also working there - some of the time, any way! The two had a long lasting, relationship which she ended when learning he was getting engaged to someone else. Now that resort is somewhat derelict and is up for sale - and Sofia dreams of owning and running it. However, the rival bidder is Nathan! As the two meet again, will love finally find a way to bring these two back together again?

Trust, family and illness all have key roles in this lovely second chance romance. There are dramatic dashes, happy memories, new opportunities and family secrets in this page turner romance. It is a great addition to the series and I thoroughly enjoyed escaping again to Paradise Key in this delightful romance.

I requested and was given a copy of this novel, via NetGalley, with no obligation. This is my honest review of the book after choosing to read it.

Priscilla Oliveras is fast becoming one of my favorite authors. I’ve read the first two books in her Matched to Perfection trilogy (and am eagerly awaiting the third!), so I was very excited when the ever amazing Sil tweeted that she had a new book coming out. Resort to Love is the third of four books in the Paradise Keys series, each written by a different author, and I initially read it as a stand-alone – though I immediately went back and requested the other three books afterwards! The main character, Sofía, goes to the beach when she needs to energize and reset, and Ms. Oliveras’ books do the same for me. They’re wonderful comfort reads, mildly angsty but still sweet and adorable. One of my favorite things about all her books is how family-centered they are. To an extent, they’ve all been about how your relationships with your family can help or hinder you.

Sofía and Nate originally met as teenagers while working at the Paradise Key resort, Sofía as a summer employee and Nate in management. They start dating, and stay together through college, until a choice by Nate torpedoed their chances at anything more. While back in Paradise Key for the funeral of one of her best friends, she decides to place a bid on the abandoned resort. The big problem? There’s another bidder, and it’s Nate, representing his father’s company. With them competing for the resort, is there any way they can have a second chance at love?

“The same way you took the time to guide me when I started my business.” Tía Mili dried her hands on a blue kitchen towel as she skirted the counter to pull out a chair next to Sofía. “El bien viene del bien.”
Good comes from good. One of her tía’s and her mami’s favorite sayings. Handed down from their mami, Sofía’s abuela, in Puerto Rico.”


Sofía worked her way up to be the manager of a trio of B&Bs in Key West, but longs to set off on her own. She’s not blind to the roadblocks placed in her way solely because she’s young, female, and Latina, but she chooses to focus on what she can do to prove those small-minded people wrong rather than dwell on the unfairness of it. Family is everything to Sofía – she gave up several scholarships to out-of-state colleges to stay close to home, helped her tía set up her own cleaning business, and, despite plenty of reason to, never spoke out against Nate’s father. Even during their teen years, Sofía held back from her relationship with Nate, realizing that she’d never be good enough for his family, and she insists on referring to their relationship as noting more than a summer fling. Nate has tried to live up to his business mogul father since he was a child. Even his hard work at developing a line of boutique hotels for his father’s chain has gone unappreciated and unnoticed. He even went along with an engagement to a family friend to please his parents. He’s frustrated, but finds himself unable to stand up to his father.

Sofía’s keeping a big secret from Nate, one that spurred her to not say anything when told her about his future engagement, and the reasoning behind her actions comes from her strong commitment to family. I’m not a terribly big fan of one character in a romance keeping a giant secret from the other, as so often it feels like the character is taking away the other person’s agency or trying to “protect” them as if they’re a child, but I felt like for Sofía to have done anything else would’ve been against her character – even though she believes his father is suffocating him, she would never say a word to turn him against his family.

“Despite the “back-off” vibe her stiff posture exuded, he knew her well enough to tell that something was wrong. If there was one thing he’d never been able to ignore when it came to Sofía Vargas, it was his desire to always look out for her. Put her needs before his. Even if that need was a distance he didn’t want.”


I’m a big fan of the second-chance love trope, and I think Ms. Oliveras knocked the trope out of the park. I thought, as a couple, Sofía and Nate were written so well. They really felt like people who’d known each other well and loved each other for a long time before the book began. It was obvious from their first interaction outside the resort that they both still had deep feelings for each other, and it was an absolute joy watching them learn to trust again.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I’d recommend to fans of second-chance romances, and anyone looking for a summery beach read!

I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Resort to Love is a second chance romance between Nate and Sof, who were friends with benefits for years but decided to call it off. Now they meet again in circumstances that are affecting both of their lives. The first thing I have to say is that if you're in the Northern Hemisphere, you NEED to read this book during the summer. It has the perfect atmosphere to make you feel like you're in a paradise in this small town. Priscilla Oliveras is incredible at descriptions and here you're transported to wherever she wants you to go.

We also meet two very driven and ambitious characters, who come from very different backgrounds, who made mistakes but who, even after all these years, obviously love each other. We get to spend most of the book following their second opportunity at their love story and you feel like you're getting to see all of their past history and how it intertwines with the present and you're rooting for them the entire time. My favourite thing about this book is the Latinx heritage that so many of these characters have. I adore the sense of familia that is incorporated all through the book and how much it feels like it's true to Latinx sense of family, even if it's not the one you're born in, but mostly the one you choose... and choose again, even (and specially) through the difficult times. I adore the group of friends Sof has and that makes me want to immediately pick up the rest of the series! I loved how it felt realistic, how she sometimes spoke to all of them at once, but sometimes she had one on one because in real life you're not speaking with your entire group of friends all the time. You have different types of relationships with different people. And I specially adored how Nate fit into the group and how he slowly became part of Sof's familia again.

This book was so special to me. Though the thing that bothered me (and I know it's a very particular thing) is that sometimes the Spanish was translated literally. I like when Priscilla rephrases the sentence because otherwise in my head it sounds like I'm reading the same thing twice (I'm bilingual by the way). It's not something that I would particularly change, because I know it's good for non-Spanish speakers, but to me it stopped the flow of the narration. But other than that, I enjoyed this book a LOT and I gave it 4.25 stars!

We got a hint of Sofia’s plans for the abandoned resort in the earlier stories, and now her plan is coming to life with a few complications. One of those complications is in the form of the man she’d loved since her teens but could never truly have at her side forever. Nate was here, right back where they began and surprisingly, he’s also bidding on the resort that Sofia has her dreams set on. Why would his hotel family want this place back when they’d sold it off in the first place? Well, she’d just have to tighten up her own plans to be sure that she was the one that walked away with the property… and her heart still intact.

In many ways Nate and Sofia’s romance is heartbreaking for what was and for what wasn’t allowed to become. Rich, controlling fathers are usually at the heart of a couple’s troubles and Nate’s father is easily a villain in this piece to loathe. But that’s a secret that Sofia has kept from Nate all these years, how his father treated her… and that desire to not cause Nate any further heartache made Sofia stand a little taller in my feelings for her. She didn’t need to stoop to the old man’s tactics to prove she was the better person. Watching this couple work their way back to each other for real this time around was an enjoyable journey filled with sadness, chuckles, a touch of steam and the feeling that they truly were right for each other. I enjoyed Resort to Love very much. It’s a really good story that answers question for the series and lays out the need for more in the last book.

As I’m enjoying the Paradise Key series I’m noticing something that is touchingly done, and I’m assuming it’s by intent of the authors… but maybe I’m simply reading it into the series. With each story, the character of Lily who was tragically killed by a driver texting and running a stop light is becoming more of her own character within this series. Not just a person loved and missed by her friends, but her essence is there in the stories – and I’m enjoying and appreciative of that feeling. Whether I’m right or wrong… for me, that feeling is making her more real, more a part of these stories just like she was a part of her friends’ lives as well. I don’t know how better to describe it other than I feel kind of cheated that we won’t get Lily’s story because she was taken from us too soon. A touch of real life feelings there.

If you love a parted lovers being reunited again, second chance romance then Resort to Love is a story you should be reading right now. I was easily swept up in Nate and Sofia’s story and enjoyed every minute spent in their world. I would definitely recommend this story, this series to any Contemporary Romance reader who loves a good romance, engaging secondary characters and a love to believe in.

*I received an e-ARC of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley. That does not change what I think of this story. It is my choice to leave a review giving my personal opinion about this book.*

Resort to Love by Priscilla Oliveras
Sometimes, going back to the beginning is the only answer.
Paradise Key Resort holds the best and the worst of Sofía Vargas’s adolescent memories of love and heartbreak. Now, she hopes to wipe the slate clean and boost her career from resort manager to owner by winning a quirky town contest. But when an old flame throws his hat into the ring, Sofía realizes that protecting her heart will be the biggest challenge.
Nathan Patrick Hamilton III has played the part of the good son all his life with one exception—indulging in a secret on again-off again relationship with Sofia in high school and college, knowing that family duty would eventually tear them apart.
this is Sofía Vargas and Nathan Patrick Hamilton III's story.
Heart weighed down by sadness, Sofía Vargas stared across the street at the peeling paint and storm-damaged sign indicating Paradise Key Resort, once a significant part of her home away from home. She gripped her JavaStop paper coffee cup as memories sluiced over her like one of the daily summer rain showers they dealt with along this part of the Florida Gulf Coast.
One thing life had taught her so far was that the fun and games eventually came to an abrupt halt. Oftentimes without any notice or warning.
She offering up a prayer for sweet Lily. Gone far too soon, leaving a gaping hole in their Fabulous Five-some.
Nathan Hamilton, III, eased his rental car into a parking spot on the corner of 2nd and C Streets, a couple of blocks down from Paradise Key Resort.
Travel weary after the flight from New York to Gainesville, Florida, where he’d picked up the convertible and immediately started the hour-plus drive west, he heaved a disgruntled sigh.
This was the absolute last place he wanted to be right now. But when Nathan Patrick Hamilton, II, gave an order, no one, including his namesake, disobeyed.
"I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book."
I am looking forward to reading more books by Priscilla Oliveras and the rest of Paradise Key books.
I highly recommend reading.
Resort to Love by Priscilla Oliveras is a wonderful well written 5 star book.
Priscilla's Books with Tule:
Resort to Love
Paradise Key

Paradise Key
After the sudden death of one of their friends, four single women who spent their summers at a beachside resort with their families return to the resort to mourn that loss and reconnect. The place they loved when they were young is falling apart, as are the lives of the four women. They each have their own reasons for returning, and their own secrets to keep. But as they bond together to restore a bit of their past, they find love in the beachside town, and the happiness they have sought all their lives.
Book 1
Summer Love: Take Two
by Shirley Jump
Book 2
Love at the Beach Shop
by Kyra Jacobs
Book 3
Resort to Love
by Priscilla Oliveras
Book 4
Small Town Summer
by Susan Meier

it's no secret that i love pretty much everything priscilla oliveras writes. mainly because i love, love, love how fully her heroines embrace their puerto rican culture. the sense of familia is something i adore. and the why it matters is something that's part of my dna, and i love reading about characters who get that.

in resort to love sofia vargas has a plan, she just doesn't expect to confront her past when trying to make her future dreams come true. nate hamilton has always been it for her. but his own family ties had a hold on him. and sofia would never ask him to cast those aside for her, even if she just wanted to be his first choice. and when she realized this, she cut him out of her life.

but nate is in town, and could possibly be the obstacle that destroys her plans for the future. in nate's defense, he's got his reasons for not making the leap for sofia when he had the chance before. she'd always gone about protecting her heart in a way that made him think she didn't feel their connection as deeply as he did. but he knows he didn't fight hard enough for them. neither of them took risks.

now that he has a chance, nate isn't going to let go so easily. even though he's going to have to work hard for sofia to believe in the fact that he is truly putting her first. honestly, he does a pretty amazing job. as these two realize that by denying the true depth of their feelings for each other, they'd been failing to truly give their relationship a chance, it's clear that they need to make the jump and admit how they feel for each other.

and it's all very swoonworthy and takes place pretty close to paradise, not puerto rico, but close enough.

**resort to love will publish on may 15, 2018. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/tule publishing in exchange for my honest review.

This is the third book in the Paradise Key multi author series. Since all four of these stories occur concurrently these books can be read in any order you choose or as standalones. This is Sophia & Nate's story. It's a second chance story as these two are reunited after several years apart. They had a glorious summer together and stayed in touch even after going their separate ways. They come from two different worlds and when Nathan chose to do his father's bidding Sophia cut all ties. Now they are both back in Paradise Key looking to buy the same resort property. Can they find their way back to each other or will Nathan continue to let his father rule his life?

This is a fantastic story and one I think everyone will enjoy.

This is the story of a second chance. Can they really happen?

Sofia is returning to Paradise Key because she has to say goodbye to a dear friend. She also has an idea to purchase a property that means a lot to her. She has finished school and studied hotel management and has experience in this field. She feels that her ideas would make this place succeed once again.

Nate, her ex, has also showed up at Paradise Key because his rich father would also like to purchase the property. Sofia doesn't find this out right away. This purchase is all about money, not about the love for the property that Sofia has.

They have to compete against each other and also fight the feelings that have always been between them, they have never left.

This is story of family, friends and love. It was a quick read and I truly enjoyed getting to know the characters. I wanted to be part of Sofia's family, they are such a loving group of people. This is a story of second chances, not just in love, but in life.

Thank you to NetGalley and Priscilla Oliveras for allowing me to share in this second chance love story. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are of my own. Enjoy!!

This book is so great! Will talk more extensively about it on Twitter on release day.

I liked the strong heroine, Sofia, who is determined to follow her dream and buy the resort she worked at as a teenager. It turns out her old lover and love of her life, Nathan is also trying to buy the resort for his family. Lots of good stuff about how they each feel about family and their obligations to each other. I wish the novel would have been a little longer to develop their backstory a little more...but that's a pretty minor quibble. The plot hangs a lot on conflicts that could be resolved if they would only talk to each other, but it seems believable considering their respective situations.

I'm a sucker for a cute story about love and what a pleasant surprise it was that one of the main characters is Latina. It's not often that I come across Latina/Latino MCs, in movies or in books, so to be able to see some of my culture infused in this book, was a treat. I loved the Spanish words and phrases placed throughout story and how seamlessly they were translated into English, so that non Spanish speakers can enjoy the language too.

The setting for the story is also perfect for this time of year as we transition into summer. The description of Paradise Keys made it easy for me to visualize myself there and get a feel for small town island life. I love it when an author can make the setting feel like a living and breathing character too, which was definitely accomplished.

I really liked how both Sofia and Nate's personalities were depicted. Sofia is strong, independent and works hard to accomplish her goals, but also guarded of her heart. Nate is thoughtful, determined and wanting to right his wrongs, as well as win back Sofis's heart. I rooted for both of them the whole way through, which was a nice change from recent stories I've read where the main characters don't give you a reason to cheer them on. The side characters were also nice additions to the plot, especially those within Sofia's circle. They were very supportive of her and based on the way Sofia was depicted, I understood why they were so loyal and loving toward her. As I stated before, in recent stories I've read, I simply couldn't find reasons why the supporting characters would even like the MCs. But that's not the case here. Both Sofia and Nate are very much likeable.

Overall, this was any easy and enjoyable read. It also keeps the romance clean, without unnecessary descriptions of sex. Not that descriptive romance scenes are a bad thing, it just wasnt necessary for this story and would have actually felt out of place since the language throughout the book is also kept pretty clean.

The only negative is that I wish the story had been longer. Only because I really did enjoy Sofia and Nate's story and wanted more. Thank you Netgalley for allowing me to read an advanced reader copy, in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Paradise Key, book three, Resort to love by Priscilla Oliveras. A great addition to the series. A possible second chance at love storyline, I love the small beach town setting. I look forward to seeing what the next book in the series brings us and hope to read more by this author.

Priscilla Oliveras’ Resort to Love is book three of the Paradise Key series. Four friends have returned to mourn the loss of the fifth of their group who died due to a tragic accident. Sofia’s story is one of the most self-actualization stories in the series so far. I liked this woman. I liked how she stood up to an arrogant wealthy jerk when she was nineteen. I liked her sense of self preservation and her wariness, especially with Nathan.

Nathan Patrick Hamilton III is not like his father, but he certainly toed the line for many years. He actually needed to grovel, so I was glad to see that he was up to the job. Sofia and Nate’s story is my favorite of the series so far. That is saying a lot since this is the first book I remember reading by her. The perfect beach read where Cinderella doesn’t need to be saved from her life but maybe in the end it’s the Prince that needs to be.

I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This is book 3 in the Paradise Key series. Each book is written by a different author and tells the story of one of the four friends that returned to say goodbye to thei fifth bestie who was killed in an accident. This book is the story of Sofía who wants to come back to Paradise Key and buy the old resort she worked at as a teen. She had gone to college to study hotel management and was running bed and breakfasts in Key West. Back in the teen summers she had a relationship with the rich owner’s son Nate. His father didn’t approve of their relationship and finally broke them up. He has been sent by his father also to bid on the the old resort they’d sold years back and it fell in disrepair. Sofía and Nate never admitted to being in love before but realize they are still in love while competing to buy the resort. Sofía is Puerto Rican and we get to see some of her culture in this book. There is a bit of suspense as we wonder who will win the bid and what will happen to the couple. This was my first book by this author too and I liked it a lot. I love second Chance romances and this didn’t disappoint.

Having read Priscilla two other releases in her Matched to Perfection series i was excited to read this. It was a sweet quick read! And even without reading the first book of this connected series, you won't be lost. It stands on its own perfectly, and you do get mention of the couple from the first book.

I liked that this was low angst (i love me some angst too but this was just what i needed) and Nate and Sofia were rekindling a past relationship. Gotta love the second chance at love trope :)

Paradise Keys felt like a character on it's own. Priscilla really painted a vivid picture of the people and place. Loved that.

Would recommend as a quick, enjoyable beach read :D

Nate and Sofia let their different backgrounds come between them before. Nate let his father control his life and Sofia let her insecurities come between her and the man she loves.

Sofia comes from a family that love and support each other very much. Nate comes from a family that barely tolerate each other.

Years ago, they were both together when Nate told Gabby he was getting engaged to another woman to please his father. Nate’s reluctance to go against his father’s. I really enjoyed this book although I was annoyed at their reluctance to admit their true feelings to each other that lead to them separating the first time.

I love novels like this. The second chance at love with an ex.

I volunteered to review an advance reader copy of this book.

Sofia and Nate met as teenagers. Both pretend they aren't in love and a no strings relationship is fine. But now they are both older and trying to buy up the same property can they finally be honest with each other?

Enjoyed it!
This is my first book by Priscilla Oliveras.

What I liked:
The writing style
The characters
Part of a series: Paradise Key
Standalone
HEA
Epilogue

I look forward to reading more from this author.