Shadows of Paradise

The Paradise Mysteries, Book 2

By: Joshua Taylor-Williams

Narrated by: Mark Adams

Some wounds fade. Others follow you into the light.

Tom is trying to build a life beyond the trauma that once defined him. Surrounded by love, opportunity, and the promise of stability, he dares to believe peace is possible. But when a long-overdue reunion takes him back to a place haunted by memories, shadows begin to stir. Old wounds reopen. And in the quiet spaces between trust and fear, a new threat waits—one that watches, learns, and strikes with devastating precision. As tensions rise and the past begins to blur with the present, Tom must confront not just the ghosts of what he’s survived, but the darker truth of what he’s becoming.

A gripping psychological thriller laced with heartbreak, intimacy, and slow-burning queer romance, Shadows of Paradise explores the razor’s edge between healing and survival — and what happens when the person you’ve fought so hard to become is the only thing standing in the way of someone else's design.

©2025 Joshua Taylor-Williams (P)2025 Joshua Taylor-Williams