Imani Hurston knows surf culture, event production, and what it means to fight for space in an industry that rarely makes room for Black women. When her dream project honoring Black surfing pioneer Nick Gabaldon is downsized, relocated to Nicaragua, and handed an impossible timeline, she arrives ready to prove everybody wrong.
Then she meets Thiago Reyes.
The country is not.
A Statue. A City. A Love Story Carved in Bronze.
When Ella Sutton, a rising sculptor from Virginia Beach, accepts a life-changing commission in San Nicolas, Aruba, she expects the work to transform her career. What she doesn’t expect is Josiah Ras—an ambitious aloe executive with deep island roots, a guarded heart, and a family legacy tangled in both love and loss.
What begins as a professional challenge soon becomes something far more personal. Between early morning studio sessions, late-night phone calls, and the slow, quiet intimacy of shared meals and guarded glances, Ella and Josiah begin building something neither of them saw coming.
Simone never planned to lose her heart in Jamaica. She came for escape—to rest, to laugh, to find a little joy after years of carrying everyone else’s expectations. But from the moment she steps onto the island, Jamaica calls to her soul—the sea, the mountains, the wild, unshaped beauty she didn’t know she was longing for.
And then there’s him.
Zion has built a life centered on peace. A musician, a mentor, a man whose roots run deep into the soil of his home. He’s not looking for a whirlwind romance—especially not with a woman who still carries the weight of another world on her shoulders. But when fate, music, and a little stubborn magic keep pulling them together, he realizes some connections aren’t made—they’re remembered.
