Heat Beneath the Hibiscus: Desire Rising

By Cindell Donatelli

Under the Caribbean sun, temptation is easy.
At night, it becomes dangerous.

Ayanna Jules knows better than to blur lines. She works hard, keeps her head down, and never lets desire interfere with survival. But one look from Khalon Baptiste, the powerful and dangerously dominant hotel director, shatters every rule she has lived by.

What begins as a forbidden encounter quickly turns into something far more consuming. Khalon does not chase. He claims. And once he sets his sights on Ayanna, walking away is no longer an option.

Caught between a possessive man who wants to own her and a past that refuses to loosen its grip, Ayanna finds herself pulled into a web of obsession, secrecy, and heat she cannot escape. On an island where everyone watches and nothing stays hidden for long, desire becomes reckless, loyalty is tested, and passion threatens to burn everything down.

Heat Beneath the Hibiscus: Desire Rising is a dark, emotionally charged romance filled with power dynamics, forbidden lust, and Caribbean heat. This is not a gentle love story. It is the beginning of an obsession that will demand loyalty, sacrifice, and surrender.

Desire was only the beginning.

Heat Beneath the Hibiscus: Desire Rising is the first book in the Heat Beneath the Hibiscus Series, a dark, emotionally charged romance set under the Caribbean sun.
This is the first book in a dark romance series intended for mature readers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GH797GY6
• ISBN13: 9798244091427
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"