Bare Choice

By Casey Holloway

Lauren Hale has always made the right decisions.
The safe ones. The expected ones. The ones that build a life that looks perfect-on paper.

So when she postpones her wedding, steps away from her career, and escapes to Skyclad Resort "just to think," she tells herself it's temporary. A pause. Nothing more.

But Skyclad doesn't deal in half-measures.

Here, bodies are bare-but more importantly, so are the truths people usually hide. No pressure. No expectations. Just one rule: everything is a choice.

And Lauren isn't used to choosing for herself.

Then there's Mason Cole-steady, self-assured, and already living the kind of honest life Lauren has never dared to imagine. He doesn't push. Doesn't persuade. He simply is-and in his presence, Lauren begins to question everything she thought she wanted.

What starts as curiosity becomes connection.
Connection becomes desire.
And desire demands something Lauren has spent her whole life avoiding: risk.

Because choosing herself might mean losing everything she thought she needed.

And choosing Mason?
That might change her life entirely.

At Skyclad, nothing is required.
But everything-especially love-is intentional.

Bare Choice is a slow-burn, deeply intimate romance about self-discovery, emotional courage, and the quiet power of choosing a life that finally feels like your own.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GY8ZF8LG
• ISBN13: 9798258533456
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"