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Meet The Characters

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Desiree "Desi" Mark

Desiree is a wildly impulsive, sweet-spirited woman in her mid-20s who sought the Florida lifestyle to  live her authentic life away from oppressive parents and live closer to her brother, Dex, whom she adores. She is a Pediatric RN with a passion for singing.
Desi and Dex have perfected the term "family harmonies."
Everything in Florida enthralls her, and she falls in love shortly after arriving. Who she falls in love with causes a family riff with shocking consequences.

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Desmond "Dex" Mark

Dex is Desiree's older brother who served in the Air Force and now studies aeronautics engineering. An avid guitarist / vocalist with the skills to be a professional, Dex and Desi play music surprising everyone. 

He is a playful, good-natured man, like his father, and finds amusement in bantering with his sister. However, an event occurs causing his well-hidden manipulative, volatile underside to be exposed, as inherited from his mother. 

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Jennifer "Jeni" Caldwell

Jeni is a native Floridian who resisted romantic relationships until fate tangled her with the Mark siblings.
Jeni is on the cusp of a life-changing personal discovery that will reshape her reality, and profoundly affect all those around her.
She is an enterprising woman who is the CEO of a company that manages high-end beach condo rentals. She's always had her loving life coach mother and gentle father (a retired naval captain) to guide her. 

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Kiara Banks

Kiara is Jeni's "bestie." She is a lively, joyful character who interferes with Jeni's love life and gets the party started.
She was born in the United Kingdom and  has an English accent.
Her charming demeanor allows her a free pass to speak first and, if needed, pivot to a joke afterward, as eyes roll. Kiara is a flight attendant, happily married to Javaun, a down-to-earth Jamaican man who could hold the world on his shoulders and laugh about it.

Meet More Characters

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Simone DuBoise

Simone is the owner of a coffee, tea and smoothie bar in Atlanta called The Prelude Social Club, where Desiree passed through on her way to Florida. Simone plays a pivotal role throughout the book, but to say more, is a spoiler alert.

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Joey D'Angelo

Joey is Dex's roommate and best friend. They met in the Air Force at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa. Joey is now a pilot in the Coast Guard. He's a good natured man with a penchant for the ladies, like most New York Italian males, eh?

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Javaun Banks

Javaun is the happy-go-lucky husband of Kiara, and is also Jeni's main contractor for services in her condo rental service business. He is Jamaican and enjoys working at his own pace. Javaun calls no one by their given name, but has a nickname for every special person in his life.

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Captain Ian Caldwell and Calista Caldwell

Ian and Calista are Jeni's parents. Calista is the wise one. She is Greek by descent and a Life Coach by profession. Ian is Scottish and a retired Navy Captain who now runs a Chartered Yacht service. Together, they are the ideal parents.

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Dillon and Xandra Mark

Dillon and Xandra are Dex and Desi's parents. They live in Indiana and are power real estate brokers owning "X Marks the Spot Realty." Out of love for their children, Xandra meddles in and manipulates circumstances to her idea of a positive outcome. Dillon attempts to keep the peace in the family.

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    Jazmin and son, Georgy Chavez

Jazmin and her son, Georgy appear in the middle of book one. To tell you more would be a spoiler alert. 

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