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.
She came for blue water and silence. Mozambique gave her danger, ancestry, and a man who knew how to bring her back.
LaShonda “Lala” Richards has built a life most people only dream about. She works for herself, travels when she wants, pays her own bills, and keeps her peace guarded like treasure. Before her next contract begins, she books a freediving escape to Mozambique: three days in Maputo, then the Quirimbas Archipelago, Ibo Island, coral walls, dhows, and the kind of deep blue silence that makes the rest of the world disappear.
The plan is simple.
The country is not.
She knows how to win. He knows how to heal bodies. Neither knows what to do with a love this messy.
Maya “Mimi” Clarke has spent her life proving people wrong with a cricket bat in her hand. The youngest daughter in a loud Jamaican-American family, she was raised on discipline, prayer, patties, pressure, and the expectation that excellence was the minimum. Cricket gave her a way out, a career, a name the public loved, and a version of herself she could survive inside.
Then Australia gives her Nathaniel Jace.
She came to Senegal to become someone’s wife. She found herself first.
Andrea McCall has always had a plan. Marriage by twenty-five. Children by thirty. A beautiful home, a steady husband, Sunday dinners, soft femininity, and a life that finally made sense. When she finds a yearlong Wife School program in Senegal, it feels like purpose arriving with a passport stamp.
Professional softball player Golden Pierce came to Taiwan chasing the opportunity of a lifetime. A chance to compete on an international stage and prove that she belongs among the best athletes in the world. She expected hard work, cultural differences, and new adventures. She didn’t expect Chang Jiā-ēn—the polished, meticulous executive tasked with turning the unconventional American athlete into a beloved face of Taiwan.
When Phoenix Clark boards a flight to Turkey, she is not chasing escape. She is chasing a debt.
A boy she could not save.
A promise she never forgot.
A past that refuses to stay buried.
What begins as a mission is supposed to be simple: find him, get him out, go home.
Instead, she lands in Istanbul and finds herself in the orbit of Zahir Noor, a private operator as controlled as he is dangerous. He is polished, disciplined, and far too perceptive for her peace of mind. He is also the last man she should want anywhere near a mission this volatile.
When recording artist Drew Sinclair boards a flight to New Zealand, she isn’t chasing adventure. She’s disappearing. A quiet house-sit in the shadow of Aoraki is supposed to be temporary: wide skies, cold nights, and enough distance to breathe again without anyone asking who she is or what happened.
But isolation doesn’t last long in the Mackenzie Basin. Especially not when the neighbor is Tama King, an intimidatingly fine, relentlessly disciplined senior officer with the Department of Conservation (DOC) whose life revolves around rescues, responsibility, and staying in control. Tama doesn’t do distractions. Drew doesn’t do attachments. Their agreement is simple: keep it light, keep it clean, and don’t make it complicated.
Except New Zealand has a way of turning “simple” into something real.
When Avery James boards a flight to Mauritius, she believes she’s stepping into forever—a tropical getaway with the man she plans to marry. Instead, she’s abandoned on the island without a return ticket, without answers, and without the life she thought was waiting for her.
She came to Thailand searching for freedom. He built his life fighting for redemption. Neither expected love to find them in the ring.
Jasmine Gaines fled heartbreak and danger in Tennessee, landing in Chiang Mai with a suitcase full of art supplies and a secret wish to start over. She’s here to heal, to breathe, to disappear—until a women’s self-defense class pulls her into a world of fists, family, and fierce new beginnings.
Nom Thanai rebuilt everything after a career-ending accident—his body, his gym, his found family. Muay Thai is all he’s ever known, and he’s not looking for distractions. But when Jasmine steps into his gym, carrying laughter and scars in equal measure, everything shifts.
A Crash. A Country. A Love That Refused to Let Go.
When Mae Grant, a seasoned survivalist trainer from rural Alabama, touches down in Guyana to launch a cross-Caribbean wilderness initiative, she’s ready for anything—except the plane crash that changes everything. Waking up in the jungle with a broken arm, no exit plan, and a bush pilot she barely knows, Mae must rely on her instincts, her grit… and Zayn Persaud.
Zayn never planned to play hero. At thirty, he’s built a life of comfort and freedom—flying clients, dodging commitment, and keeping one foot in the clouds. But when his routine flight turns into a fight for survival, Zayn discovers a different kind of strength. One born not from control, but care.
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.
She came to Angola to build futures. He came chasing legacy. Neither expected love to find them first.
For nearly five years, Asha Blake has led a women’s cooperative in Luanda while completing her doctorate in public health. Her focus is clear: uplift the community, protect the center she helped build, and finish strong. But when a luxury development threatens the neighborhood’s fragile balance, everything Asha’s worked for is suddenly on the line.
Enter Mateus Oliveira: Portuguese-Angolan real estate developer, heir to a legacy he’s still trying to define. He’s smart, sharp, and laser-focused on completing his flagship project. But the land next to it is causing headaches he didn’t plan for—and the woman fighting to protect it? She’s not backing down.
Daynesha Norman came to Chile for clarity—not for him.
After failing the Advanced Sommelier Exam twice, Day bets everything on a six-month Workaway assignment at a vineyard in Chile’s Elqui Valley. The plan? Immerse herself in South American wines, pass the exam in May, and finally prove she’s more than just a wandering spirit with a good palate.
Enter Cruz Silva: Chilean winemaker, devout traditionalist, and the last of his family line. He’s grieving, private, and perfectly content to live and die among the vines—until a hazel-eyed woman with sage in her pocket and music in her boots shows up and starts turning everything upside down.
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.
Burnt out from hospital rotations and carrying more grief than she’ll admit, Dawn signs up for a three-month sabbatical in Lisbon. The plan is simple: take a cooking class, sleep past sunrise, and stay far away from anything—or anyone—that might complicate her healing.
Enter Chukwuemeka Oliseh: Nigerian football star, local legend, and the most unexpected complication of all.
Focused on launching her documentary project about the legacy of Audre Lorde, Genelle finds herself immersed in the charm of Cologne’s cobblestone streets, Christmas markets, and centuries of history. The last thing she expects is Jakob Adler—a gruff German bar owner with a complicated past and eyes that see right through her.
