Welcome to Bonaire

A personal journey full of hope, and one woman’s determination to free herself from her difficult past.

Growing up, Lyle Cooper had to dodge her mother’s boyfriends and scavenge for food, learning early on how to fend for herself. She relied on her best friend, Dottie, to provide the stability and companionship she craved. Together, they would navigate life’s challenges over the next four decades.

Now in her forties and newly single, Lyle travels with friends to a tropical paradise, where she intends to mend her broken heart under the Caribbean sun. Days filled with boating and scuba diving have her feeling joyful again, just as a new man enters her life.

But as inconsistencies in Lyle’s past begin to surface, friends suspect there’s something strange about her closest confidant—maybe Dottie isn’t all she’s made out to be. Not only that, Lyle’s ex is harboring a secret that, if exposed, would threaten her happy future.

On the path to emotional recovery and personal well-being, a woman fights to overcome her painful childhood and must decide between the man helping her heal and the man she loves.

Lyle Cooper’s early years haunt her. Her troubled past has seeped into her present, complicating everything. She longs for a simple existence free from the memories that torment her.

Two men support her as she learns to overcome her nightmares and move closer to her dream. The time is approaching when she will be forced to choose between them.

In the Caribbean paradise of Bonaire, the three are brought together. Intoxicated by brilliant turquoise waters and the bright island sun, enemies begin to act like friends.

Playing a game she cannot win, Lyle risks losing them both. But far more than her love life is at stake.

All she wanted was a quiet life. Why would someone want her dead?

Lyle Cooper is living her best life. New friends, a beach front home, and a man she’s head over heels in love with. Michael Miller has made good on his promise and moved her to Bonaire Island. She spends her peaceful days as the curator of a gift shop on the main street and begins to nurture relationships with the locals. Her life is settling into safe, predictable patterns—just what she’s always dreamed of.

Lyle meets Orion, a manicurist who has a knack for predicting the future. She’s introduced to Dimphy, who runs a specialty boutique and isn’t shy about showing off her merchandise. Friends equals fun and Lyle is flourishing. 

Then Lyle’s shop goes dark and the door remains locked. The police chief assembles her friends—old and new—and Michael rushes back to the island. But with few clues for them to go on, it seems the island itself has swallowed her whole.

Meanwhile, Lyle awakens to the realization that one new acquaintance was only a snake in the grass. As days pass with no food or water, she turns to an old buddy for comfort. As Lyle grows more desperate, she believes her only chance for survival is to throw herself deeper into danger. Will she be found before it’s too late?

As Christmas lights twinkle and candles glow in shop windows, Annie begins to realize that the place she’s tried to forget may be the very place she’s been longing for all along. But if she can’t make peace with her past—and her father—she risks losing her chance to truly come home.

A frantic phone call from her childhood friend pulls Annie back to the island where she grew up—the home her father sent her away from ten years ago.

With Christmas only days away, Annie Martis leaves her Wall Street office and fiancé behind to return to Bonaire and help her best friend save her marriage. But when she arrives, she’s swept into the festive traditions of her childhood—the colorful Christmas lights, the gingerbread house contest, and the magic of snow that once seemed like a miracle in the Caribbean.

Annie is determined to return to Manhattan before Christmas to close a lucrative deal at work, but she slows down when she meets her estranged father and struggles to understand why he rejected her. Will she chance mending the relationship with the man who has become a stranger?

As Christmas draws near, Annie must decide whether to return to the life she’s built in New York—or embrace a second chance at love, family, and home.

This Christmas, come home to where your heart feels whole.

Forced to start over with everything on the line—will Mina lose it all, or find the life she’s always dreamed of?

After her husband wipes out their savings, sells the house, and walks away, Mina is left with nothing but her teenaged twins and a broken heart. But when she unexpectedly inherits her late uncle’s diner, she sees a flicker of hope.

Mina has no experience running a diner, and in this tight-knit island community, her resilience is tested in ways she never imagined. With the business losing money and no backup plan, she’s faced with the daunting possibility of failing herself, the diner’s staff, and leaving her children homeless.

As the summer progresses, she unexpectedly falls for Talon, the quiet and steady cook who has a way of making Mina feel seen. But can she learn to trust again when her livelihood is on the line?

The diner is her only hope, and with each passing day, it becomes more than just a lifeline—it’s her chance at rediscovering the woman she was meant to be.

The Diner on Bonaire is a powerful reminder that, even after our darkest days, we can find joy we never thought possible. Discover the power of starting over—get your copy today.