Detective Sergeant Kelly Ross is getting ever closer to her new boyfriend, James. Their Caribbean holiday gets off to a perfect start but, on day two, Kelly finds a human toe floating in the water. Then, on Christmas Eve, she bumps into a stranger who's about to change all her perceptions of what she thought she knew.

Meanwhile, thirteen-year-old Jasmine Carpenter has her hands full fighting off Sly Griffiths who is being paid to do her harm. But, on Christmas morning, Sly ends up face-down in his swimming pool and Sergeant Bertram Brathwaite makes a discovery that sends his blood pressure racing to the stars.

Mind you, Bertram's blood pressure often races when he spends time with Pastor Lucy Alleyne. Pastor Lucy is an avid collector of men, and Sergeant Brathwaite is one of her favourite collectibles. But what does she know about the stranger renting her unused apartment? And why is that stranger so angry with Julie McFee, whose name is something else altogether?

Puzzled? You won't be once you've finished reading Kidnap in Paradise.