Sign-In
Cart
21 Days in Bayahibe: A Slow Burn Adult Romance of Forced Proximity in a Luxury Reso
Paperback
Series: Aqua Esmeralda
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 1 2026
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.53
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
In a place built on control, desire is the real risk.
Aqua Esmeralda runs on precision, discipline, and quiet excellence.
Nothing here is accidental. Not even love.
Isabel arrives at the resort determined to stay focused. Clear-headed. Professional.
Lorenzo has lived inside this world long enough to know how perfection works-and what it costs to maintain it.
They share the same space.
The same unspoken rules.
The same constant pressure of a place that watches without forgiving.
At first, it's only forced proximity.
Presence without intention.
Moments that linger half a second too long.
Then it becomes something far more dangerous:
the realization that avoiding desire takes more effort than facing it.
Aqua Esmeralda isn't where people lose themselves in romance.
It's where every choice comes with a price.
Where vulnerability isn't sweet-it's risky.
Where staying means allowing yourself to be fully seen.
As boundaries blur and attraction grows precisely because it refuses shortcuts,
Isabel and Lorenzo discover that adult love isn't impulsive.
It's deliberate.
It's chosen.
And it demands the courage to remain present inside a life that's already full.
This is an emotionally intense, slow burn adult romance.
No melodrama.
No instant fixes.
Just desire, proximity, and the quiet tension of choosing each other anyway.
This novel can be read as a standalone.
WHY READERS LOVE IT
Adult romance (Kindle Unlimited)
Slow burn
Forced proximity
Luxury resort setting
He falls first
Standalone romance
ABOUT THE AQUA ESMERALDA SERIES
Aqua Esmeralda is a luxury romance series set inside the same exclusive resort.
Each book follows a different couple and can be read as a standalone.
Also in
Romance
That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf (Mead Mishaps, Book 2)
Kimberly Lemming
Paperback
Sabine's Notebook: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Continues
Bantock, Nick
Hardcover
The Golden Mean: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Concludes
Bantock, Nick
Hardcover
The Auction (Deluxe Limited Edition): A Spicy, Dark Romance Novel from a Tiktok Sensation
Kincaid, Sadie
Hardcover