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Dominique Simmons didn't survive getting shot, losing her scholarship, and building a business from scratch just to fall apart over a man.

Even if that man has been the one she couldn't shake since they were teenagers running the same block in Mobile.

Dexter Nash has loved Nique longer than he has been willing to admit. He fumbled her once. Then again. Now with a daughter, a thriving business, and a baby mama who has never made anything easy, he is done waiting for the right moment. There is no right moment. There is just her.

When London's destination wedding pulls their entire circle to Tulum, Nique lands with more than she packed. Her ex just cheated, her estranged mother is on the guest list, and Dex is right there, steady and certain, showing up in every way that counts and refusing to let her drown alone.

One week, one island , and the truth about where she comes from is about to change everything she thought she knew about herself.

Crossing Oceans is a story about the love that never fully leaves you, what it means to show up for someone when showing up costs you something, and the kind of man who knows the difference between saying I love you and proving it.

Some bridges are worth rebuilding.

Some oceans are worth crossing.

Nique is about to find out if she is brave enough to meet him on the other side.

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