The Barbados Effect: A SisterStay Escape Novella

Joi Jackson

Nov 2025 · Purple Peacock Press

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January Edwards has always played by the rules—until getting fired two weeks before Christmas sends her spiraling. In a rare moment of rebellion, she books a solo escape to Barbados through SisterStay, an app connecting women solo travelers seeking relaxation and reinvention. Determined to spend the holidays figuring out who she is when she's not trying to be perfect for everyone else, January thinks she's found the perfect sanctuary.

But her peaceful Caribbean Christmas is upended when Cameron Carter, her former coworker, tracks her down at her beachside retreat. What starts as an unwelcome intrusion becomes something far more complicated when long-buried feelings surface under the Caribbean sun. As January navigates family expectations, a surprise fortieth birthday party she never wanted, and the terrifying vulnerability of opening her heart, she discovers that the biggest risk isn't falling in love, it's finally asking for what she truly wants.

Set against the sun-soaked shores of Barbados during the most wonderful time of year, The Barbados Effect is a heartwarming holiday romance about second chances, self-discovery, and finding the courage to rewrite your story on your own terms.

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