"New York Times bestselling author Katie MacAlister's long out-of-print contemporary romantic comedy novella, Bird of Paradise, is once again available. Take one mysterious man who isn't what he seems, add in his monstrously large cat, finish with a body-image-challenged heroine named Hero, and you get Bird of Paradise, a novella featuring Adam the private detective, Hero the undercover journalist, and Jesus the cat, who may or may not be depressed over his neutering. Eden just isn't a garden; it's also a reality TV show bent on pairing up single contestants. Trapped under false pretenses on an exotic island named Mystique, Hero tries desperately to stay focused on her job and ignore the increasingly tempting Adam, but not even this modern-day Garden of Eden is perfect, and sooner or later, she has to admit the truth: he might not be perfection itself, but he sure makes her life a paradise. Note: this novella was originally published in the Heat Wave anthology in 2003."--