Love In The Dark: A Holiday Romance for Grown-Ups - Paperback
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When the lights go out, the truth comes on.
Two weeks before Christmas, a fierce blizzard traps Marissa and Gregory Parker in their Connecticut home. With no power, no distractions, and no way to outrun the silence that has grown between them over twenty years of marriage, they are forced to confront the distance. Marissa has already packed divorce papers. Gregory has already resigned himself to the quiet.
But what neither expected was a night that strips away their defenses, forcing honesty, tenderness, and the fragile possibility of choosing each other again.
As the storm deepens, so does the truth: long-term love takes work, courage, and the willingness to start over at forty-something. Trapped in the dark, Marissa and Gregory must decide whether their story is over or if a second chance is still waiting to be found.
A warm, grown-up holiday romance featuring Black love, mature second chances, and the slow rebuilding of trust, Love in the Dark is perfect for readers who crave stories about real relationships, emotional intimacy, and genuine repair.
"I absolutely loved this story! Scarlet delivers a heartfelt, authentic tale of two souls rediscovering love." - N.G. Peltier, author of Sweethand.
Scarlet Ibis James crafts stories where Caribbean spirits intertwine with Harlem's rhythms, drawing deep from her Trinidadian roots and her life in New York City. Her latest novel, "Scarlet Birthright: What My Father Left Behind" (2025), emerged from her acclaimed collection "Scarlet Yearnings: Stories of Love and Desire" (2024), when readers and characters alike demanded their voices be heard.
Known for weaving intergenerational tales that pulse with soca rhythms and city beats, James explores how love, culture, and destiny reflect across oceans and decades. Her characters navigate the spaces between islands and boroughs, between traditional expectations and personal truth, creating stories that feel like conversations with your boldest friend - the one who understands that sometimes the bravest thing we can do is choose differently than those who came before us.
When not writing about love's many faces, James can be found hunting down the perfect roti in Queens (TrinCiti it is!), swaying to calypso in her Harlem apartment-turned-writing-sanctuary, or collecting stories while people-watching on subways and in parks. She believes every tale holds a touch of ancestral knowing, whether it blooms in the frangipani or poui trees of Port of Spain or sprouts through the cracks of New York City sidewalks.
Her writing celebrates the complexity of Caribbean-American identity, the power of inherited stories, and the courage it takes to break cycles and forge new paths. For James, inspiration flows from everywhere - family histories whispered over morning coffee, steelpan rhythms floating on island breezes when she visits home, and the endless possibilities in her American city built where the spirits of the Wecquaesgeek people still rise.
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